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Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a rooster
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The flat mouth concealed behind the rooster's head is the only indication that this faience object is hollow and could serve as a flask for scented oil. Two wings curve up on either side of the vessel opening, with feathers indicated by incised lines. The rooster's beak and wattle are complete, but its comb is partly broken. The animal sits on a low base. Its wings and tucked-under legs are reminiscent of the hybrid "horse-rooster" (hippalektryon) that also occurs among such faience flasks.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
[Charles Ede Limited London (1988)] sold; to Private Collection (1988-2000) sold; [through Charles Ede Limited London (2000)] to Harvard University Art Museums.
Purported formerly in the Gustave Mustaki Collection Alexandria Egypt and London.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum David M. Robinson Fund
Title: Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a rooster
Description:
The flat mouth concealed behind the rooster's head is the only indication that this faience object is hollow and could serve as a flask for scented oil.
Two wings curve up on either side of the vessel opening, with feathers indicated by incised lines.
The rooster's beak and wattle are complete, but its comb is partly broken.
The animal sits on a low base.
Its wings and tucked-under legs are reminiscent of the hybrid "horse-rooster" (hippalektryon) that also occurs among such faience flasks.
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