Terracotta pointed aryballos (oil flask)
During the late eighth and much of the seventh century B.C., Corinthian pottery was widely exported . The major question is whether the contents or the ceramic was more important. On the Italian peninsula, especially in Etruria, local workshops produced imitations or adaptations, of which this is an example.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta pointed aryballos (oil flask)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: late 7th–early 6th century BCE
- Culture: Etruscan, Italo-Corinthian
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: H.: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, 1896
- Object Number: 96.9.14
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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