The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta ring aryballos (perfume vase)

Terracotta ring aryballos (perfume vase)

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

Ring aryballoi figure quite prominently in Corinthian pottery from the seventh through the sixth century B.C. They are rare in other Greek regions and were originally introduced from the East. This example may be an Etruscan imitation.
References

Milleker, Elizabeth J. 1992. "Ancient Art: Gifts from the Norbert Schimmel Collection." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 49(4): p. 60.
See also
What
Clay (23,631)

Vessels (21,926)

Vases (8,894)

Terracotta (8,373)

Aryballoi (112)
Where
Europe (150,372)

Greece (6,283)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,142)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,330)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
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