Aryballos (Cointainer for Oil)
Ancient Greek
-625–-600
- Medium
- terracotta, black-figure
- Dimensions
- 7 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- vessel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
Greekblack-figurevesselanimalsbirdceramicsaryballosancient artancientcontainersterracotta
About
Located on the narrow isthmus that joins the Greek mainland and the Peloponnese, with natural harbors facing east and west, Corinth was the major port of trade in Greece for most of the Archaic period (700–480BC). Producers exported scented oil around the Mediterranean in terra-cotta containers, such as this aryballos, that survive today in the thousands.
