Greek Corinthian aryballos with lotus flower decoration
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A pottery aryballos oil flask painted with an open lotus flower on the front and a star within a circle below the handle.
Culture
Greek, Corinthian, 6th Century BC
Condition
Surface wear as shown
Size
6.9 x 6.9 cms
Provenance
Ex. collection: John Read le Brockton Tomlin, 1864-1954, UK; thence by family descent to the former owner since 1970. JRB Tomlin was a prominent malacologist responsible for naming over 100 taxa (groups) of gastropod molluscs. Tomlin’s collecting has enriched numerous museums; the National Museum Wales holds the Tomlin Archive of correspondence and shells.
https://museum.wales/articles/1157/Documenting-the-Past—The-Tomlin-archive/