aryballos
- Description
-
Early Corinthian Black Polychrome pottery globular aryballos; glazed black; on rim and body, incised vertical double lines separating bands alternating in black and added red; traces of vertical rows of added white dots on black bands.
- Production date
- 620BC-590BC (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Diameter: 3.50 centimetres (rim)
-
Height: 7.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
-
Object owned and held by City Art Gallery and Museum, Bristol. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
-
The 'football' aryballos is not otherwise known from Naukratis.
For parallels, see Museum of Fine Arts Boston 49.405.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: H6034 (Accession Number)