Aryballos

Aryballos (perfume vase) in the form of two heads, fourth quarter of 6th century b.c.; Archaic

East Greek; Said to be from Tarquinia, in Etruria, probably at Naukratis
Faience; H. 2 1/8 in. (5.38 cm)
Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971 (1972.118.142)


This perfume vase formed of two heads with Egyptianizing wiglike hair was probably made at Naukratis, a Greek trading post in the Nile Delta.

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