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Aryballos c.575-550 BC
Glazed composition | 4.6 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 84117
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Faience aryballos (small vessel for plain or scented oil) with incised decoration forming radiating tongues around the shoulder and cross-hatching on the rest of the body creating raised lozenges; traces of green colouring.
Made on Rhodes but imitating or inspired by Egyptian models and techniques.Provenance
Acquired on Rhodes by King Edward VII when Prince of Wales during his 1862 tour of the Middle East
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Medium and techniques
Glazed composition
Measurements
4.6 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (whole object)