VesselsGreek6th century BCE

Oil flask (aryballos) with the heads of a Black African and an Egyptian

6th century

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Faience

Culture

Greek

Period

Archaic period

Century

6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

6 cm (2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

[Robert E. Hecht Jr, New York (by ca. 1982)], sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.

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