ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA ARYBALLOS WITH LION AND BIRD

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Ca. 625 - 600 BC. A terracotta aryballos with a broad, flat mouth, a short neck, a globular body, and a single handle from shoulder to rim. A dotted band encircles the mouth edge, with radiating strokes on the neck. The body is decorated with a lion and a bird with outstretched wings, with dot ornaments as filling motifs. Radiating strokes decorate the underside. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 41.162.164. Size: 70mm x 65mm; Weight: 80g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; originally in the collection of P V Der Elst, Liege, 1980s.

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