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Ring Aryballos

Greek
Archaic Period
mid-6th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions 9 x 7.5 x 3 cm (3 9/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson
Accession Number19.301
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 420.
DescriptionClay pale red. Decoration in thin black and dull purple: zigzags, network, pendant loops, concentric lines, and fern pattern(?).
Body a square tube in form of ring. Neck, lip, and end of handle perhaps from another vase.