Corinthian aryballos in the form of a hare
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Object number
AR3267
| Object: |
Corinthian aryballos in the form of a hare
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| Material: |
Terra cotta with beige slip. Remains of red and black paint.
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| Period: |
625 BC to 575 BC. Early to Middle Corinthian. Classical Antiquity. |
| Description: |
Small clay vessel in the shape of a hare. The legs folded under the body are abstractly modeled. The head and long ears near the body are summarily modeled. A drill hole through the ears for threading. The liquid inside the vessel could be dosed through a narrow opening at the top of the head. The legs and top side of the head are highlighted in red and black, the body is decorated with rows of red and black dots. The vessel is a type of aryballos, meaning it is a vessel for perfumed oil. It was made in Corinth, where at that time the typical spherical aryballoi were mass produced for the local and export market. The hare shape was significantly rarer than the spherical shape. |
| Dimensions: |
6.9cm long, 3.0cm wide, 4.1cm high.
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| Condition: |
Body perfectly preserved apart from minor chips. Significant parts of the original paintwork can still be made out. Inscription from a previous owner on the underside "MPB77".
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2022 from the Swiss private collection of P. Bonsera. Acquired at the Bruun Rasmussen auction in Copenhagen, Denmark, 4 May 2020, lot 7509. Previously in a presumably Danish private collection. Acquired into the collection from Christie's London auction of 27 October 2004, lot 430. Consigned to Christie's from a Swedish private collection of Attic and Corinthian vases. Acquired into that collection 26 June 1981 from Charles Ede, a gallery in London, ref. no. 7834. There is still a copy of the Charles Ede certificate of authenticity from 1981.
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| References: |
Cf. Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, acc. no. AN1879.131.
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| Authenticity: |
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