Bottle (aryballos shape)
Greco-Roman
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 480; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 125 (additional published references).
Dimensions
Height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Accession Number
12.794
Medium or Technique
Bronze
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Spherical body with low base and small mouth with concave-filleted lip. Concentric circles in relief on bottom. The parallels have two small handles from the lower part of the lip to the shoulder; these have loops for hanging. Crusty greenish-gray patina.
Provenance
Marked "Milos" (i.e. Melos)
Credit Line
Gift of the Misses Norton