Art Institute of Chicago
Aryballos (Cointainer for Oil)
Greek; Corinth
- Date
- 625-600 BCE
- Medium
- terracotta, black-figure
- Culture
- Ancient Greece
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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.
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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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