New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Aryballos

Manufacturer Unknown

CulturePhoenician | Central Mediterranean

Date499-450 B.C

MediumCored glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)

InscribedLabel on metal bottom of stand: "Phoenician-ABMA28 LRY".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6739

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 1

DescriptionAryballos. Cored glass of dark blue translucent. Decorated with turquoise and yellow zigzags and threads. Yellow band at the rim. Pair of yellow double looped small short handles with curled ends from just below rim to shoulder. Installed on a metal base with a back support and ring around rim to hold the piece.

Label TextEastern Mediterranean, possibly the Island of Rhodes Aryballos (Flask), late 6th-5th century B.C. Core-formed glass; applied rim and handles Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6739 Published ReferencesHarden, Painter, Pinder-Wilson, Tait, _Masterpieces of Glass, The British Museum_, #14, pg. 22, "Hellenic Period-5th cent. B.C.". Neuburg, _Ancient Glass_, Color plate. V, #a, pg. 30, "Egyptian 5th century B.C.". J.M. Eisenberg, _Art of the Ancient World_, pg. 24, #41, called "Phoenician early 5th Cent. B.C.".