Collection Online

Aryballos (Italo-Corinthian black-figure ware)
7th century BCE

Medium
fired clay
Measurements
10.4 × 5.8 × 5.8 cm
Place/s of Execution
Greece / Italy
Accession Number
1996.473
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr P. Chaldjian, 1996
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Small 'pointed' aryballos with a disc mouth on a slender neck with a short, strap handle joined from the mouth to the shoulder. The body is decorated with brown horizontal bands and the shoulder with vertical brown strokes. The top of the mouth is also decorated with strokes. Yellow/buff clay.