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Oil flask (aryballos) with a lotus design
Greek
Archaic Period (Late Corinthian)
575–550 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Robinson
Accession Number92.2605
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 456.
DescriptionQuatrefoil design of lotus-buds. The cream-colored clay is typically Corinthianin, and the added paint is black and purple.
ProvenanceBy 1882: Edward Robinson Collection (according to his Catalogue of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Vases, no. 32: purchased in Athens in 1882); gift of Edward Robinson to MFA, February 10, 1892