LOT 134 GREEK CORINTHIAN ARYBALLOS WITH ANIMALS
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Ca. 600-500 BC. A pottery aryballos with its characteristic round body, a short neck, and a rimmed mouth with slightly inward sloping sides. A small handle connects the mouth with the shoulder of the vessel. The exterior is decorated with depictions of a feline and a stag. The edge of the rim is decorated with evenly spaced dots and the neck with radiating lines. Aryballoi were used by athletes to store oils and perfumes and were specially designed to be carried comfortably on the wrist with a string threaded through a small loop attached to a jar. For a similar example, but decorated with confronted goat and bull, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 41.162.164.Size: L:45mm / W:50mm ; 30gProvenance: Property of a London gallery; formely in the collection of Nancy and Earl Keefer (USA).
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