Italo-Corinthian aryballos with owl and panthers
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A pottery aryballos with black figure decoration depicting an owl between two panthers. The figures are decorated with incised details and purple painted highlights.
This type of pottery was produced in Italy in imitation of imported Corinthian wares with similar shapes and decoration.
Culture
Italo-Corinthian, mid 6th Century BC
Size
8.6 x 7.6 cms
Condition
Rim partially lost, general wear as seen in the photographs
Provenance
Ex. collection: Reverend B. V. Middles; acquired early 1900’s thence private collection, Gloucestershire, UK.
For a similar aryballos with a forward-facing owl figure among the decoration, please see Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) accession number 1884.683.