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Aryballos (oil flask)
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Aryballos; slightly indented base, oblate body, double ring mouth, two applied ribbon handles. Intact; minimal dirt on interior, slight iridescent sheen.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Aimée and Rosamond Lamb Milton MA (by 1955) gift; to the Fogg Art Museum 1955.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb
Title: Aryballos (oil flask)
Description:
Aryballos; slightly indented base, oblate body, double ring mouth, two applied ribbon handles.
Intact; minimal dirt on interior, slight iridescent sheen.
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