Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Vladimir Naikhin |
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Corinthian aryballos (oil or perfume bottle) decorated with a griffin and a duck
Greece Archaic period, Early Corinthian style, 600 BCE Pottery H: 14.4; W: 12 cm Gift of Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva Accession number: 86.82.99 |
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The aryballos is a small perfume or oil container, generally used by athletes for anointing themselves before or after training. It was carried on a string looped about the wrist.
Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir |
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