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Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a seated monkey
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Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos in the form of a seated monkey, with the left paw raised to the mouth and the right on the knee. Head, paws, knees and feet are painted brown; the body has brown spots on the buff terracotta ground.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
David M. Robinson Oxford Mississippi (by 1934-1960) bequest; to Fogg Museum of Art.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
Title: Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a seated monkey
Description:
Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos in the form of a seated monkey, with the left paw raised to the mouth and the right on the knee.
Head, paws, knees and feet are painted brown; the body has brown spots on the buff terracotta ground.
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