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Piriform Aryballos
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Intact. Star pattern and row of dots on rim, stripes on handle. On shoulder, two canines to right. On body, checker border, zone of four canines to right with dots in field, concentric stripes and rays on foot. Execution rather hasty.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Joseph Clark Hoppin Purchased in Athens 1898 Bequest to Fogg Art Museum 1925.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Title: Piriform Aryballos
Description:
Intact.
Star pattern and row of dots on rim, stripes on handle.
On shoulder, two canines to right.
On body, checker border, zone of four canines to right with dots in field, concentric stripes and rays on foot.
Execution rather hasty.
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