Oil flask (aryballos)
6th century B.C.
Place of ManufactureTuscany or Lazio, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Italo-Corinthian style
DimensionsHeight: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule
Accession number2001.175
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1965: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (probably from Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia, Pa.); loaned to MFA by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Vermeule III, November 12, 1965 (loan number 218.65); gift to MFA from Cornelius C. Vermeule III, March 21, 2001, in memory of Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule
late 7th–early 6th century B.C.
1720
1350–1230 B.C.
A.D. 200–250
about 550 B.C.
second half of 4th century B.C.
