flask

Object NameOil Flasks (Aryballoi)

Made FromGlass

Date599-400 BCE

Place MadeEastern Mediterranean

Techniquetrail-decorated and tooled

SizeOverall H: 4.3 cm, Diam: 3.8 cm

Accession Number51.1.104

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

On ViewAncient Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Aryballoi were flasks for olive oil. Athletes used the oil for cleaning their bodies after exercise.

Physical DescriptionOil Flasks (Aryballoi). Translucent deep blue glass, bubbly with white stone, some surface dulling, trails of opaque white, opaque yellow and opaque light blue; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Rounded rim flares out from short cylindrical neck, some repair and over-painting, apparently rim flared out from neck then white trail and blue trail added to extend rim, two opposing handles applied on the shoulder and pulled up under rim; wall spreads out into squat globular form, heavy trail of yellow applied beneath one handle and pulled around body three times to form upper limit of a register, wound one time below followed by a single white trail with a thin yellow trail applied carefully over it, the space between the yellow trails is filled with alternating light blue and yellow trails all of which are marvered into the surface and dragged alternately up and down thirty-eight times; rounded base.
Provenance

Former Collection Mathias Komor

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