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Name/TitleAryballos

About this objectAn aryballos; a container usually used to hold oil or perfume for personal use. This particular piece has a quatrefoil design surrounded by leaves on which red paint has been added. Under the handle is a rough crossed circle. On the lip there is a rosette left unfilled. The quatrefoil is used a lot in the Late Corinthian period and continued to evolve in style in later years.

Date Madeca. 575-550 BC

PeriodLate Corinthian

Place MadeGreece

Medium and MaterialsCeramic; Pottery

Style and IconographyOrientalising

Style and IconographyArchaic

Style and IconographyCorinthian

MeasurementsHeight 78mm; Diameter 74mm

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LinePurchased with funds given by students in the Greek History, Art and Literature Course, 1953-54

Object TypeContainers

Object number33.55