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Aryballos (Cointainer for Oil)

Greek; CorinthLinkedCulture matchlcp-1d92c7d4548a

Date: 625-600 BCE
Medium: terracotta, black-figure
Culture: Ancient Greece
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 5025

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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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Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Edwin Brand
Provenance: Edwin Brand, Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1956.

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Object type: AAT300193015

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