Aryballos in the Form of a Helmeted Head

early 6th century BCE (Archaic)

5.1 cm 6.8 cm 6.8 cm

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During the Archaic period in particular (although later examples are attested), wine, oil, or perfume containers were given the shape of a human head or more rarely of a human body part or a whole body. The presence of heads of divinities (such as Dionysos and satyrs), of hero...

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Hesperia Art, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1960, by purchase.
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