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Perfume vase (aryballos) with birds and rosettes
Greek
Protocorinthian Period
720–700 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.810
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 391.
DescriptionNarrow lip, yellow clay, brown varnish, diamonds and rosettes: four birds walking to right: rosettes and zig-zags in field; rays.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: The following objects [MFA 03.805-03.833, 03.836-03.837, 03.906] were found in one cemetery in Campania.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903