Piriform Aryballos
c. 650 BCE
Description
Intact. Star pattern and row of dots on rim, stripes on handle. On shoulder, two canines to right. On body, checker border, zone of four canines to right with dots in field, concentric stripes and rays on foot. Execution rather hasty.
Dimensions
6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Athens, 1898, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
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