Details

LOT 0576

Greek Painted Pottery Aryballos

CORINTHIAN, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

3 in. (212 grams, 75 mm).

With a narrow neck and a broad rim to the mouth, a short strap handle to the rear; painted concentric rings around the mouth.

Provenance

Private collection, acquired in 1994; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. similar aryballos in the Department of Classics at the College of Art and Science of the University of the Colorado, inv.no.2006.37.T.; cf.also Bernhard, M.L., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Pologne-Fasc. 5: Varsovie-Musée National ii (Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawn, 1960), pl. 32 (1, 3, 4).

Footnotes

From the 8th century B.C., Corinthian pottery vessels were exported to Greek colonies in South Italy and the coast of Asia Minor. They were used to hold perfumed oil, an essential item for the wealthy middle classes of the time. In Italy, especially in Etruria, local workshops produced imitations of Corinthian vessel types for a clientele of Greek settlers and local populations with a taste for Greek fashions.