Aryballos (oil bottle) with Lion Protome Motif

Aryballos (oil bottle) with Lion Protome Motif

Artist/Maker Greek (Corinthian)

Dateca. 600 BCE

MediumEarthenware with red and black slip

DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (7.3 × 7 cm)

Credit LineFriends of Art Fund

Object number1972.13

Status

On view

Provenance(Hesperia Art, Philadelphia, PA); purchased 1972 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

Collections

On View
Ancient

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