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Late Corinthian Round Aryballos (Oil Bottle)
ca. 550 BCE6th century BCE
5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Anonymous Primary
Object Type:
ceramic
Artist Nationality:
Europe, Greek-Corinthian
Medium and Support:
Terracotta
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund and the James R. Dougherty, Jr. Foundation, 1980
Accession Number:
1980.36
Object Description:
The vase bears a decorative four-leaf design known as a quatrefoil. The floral design, of Near Eastern origin, invokes the smell of the aromatic oil or perfume in the container. Note the floral decoration on the rim as well. Vessels containing perfumed oil like this were traded throughout the Mediterranean.
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