Incredible corinthian miniature aryballos with animals
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Object number
AR3007
| Object: |
Corinthian Aryballos
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| Material: |
Yellow clay with black slip and red painting
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| Date: |
End of 7th - first quarter of 6th century B.C. Early till Middle Corinthian |
| Description: |
Globular body slightly flattened to create a base, in the center small depression. Thin neck, broad discus-shaped mouth, flat handle. The animal frieze is worked with a very high level of details. It shows a swan, a boar and a deer to the left, and a wingless griffin to the right, the field around them filled with rosettes. Band of rays on the shoulder, bands of dots on discus surface and rim, circle segmented by eight lines on the base. Details of animal bodies and some of the filling elements painted in red. |
| Size: |
Height 38 mm, diameter 40 mm
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved, only minimal chips and wear, painting of highest quality and almost fully preserved.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Paris, Musee du Louvre 13, Pl. 82.4.6-7 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Paris, Musee du Louvre 8, III.C.A.18, Pl. 17.3.6-7.9-10 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired in 2020 from the legacy of a German private collector. Acquired in Rome between 1970 and 1975.
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| Authenticity: |
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