Aryballos
Roman, 1st century AD
Bronze.
H with lid 9.8 cm
Bronze. Spherical corpus with short slender neck, concave-filleted lip and base with beautifully concentric circles in relief on the bottom. A richly decorated lid with stopper. Vessel and lid intact; part of a ring of a chain at lid.
Published
Galerie Günter Puhze – catalogue Kunst der Antike 3, Freiburg im Breisgau 1981, no. 39
cf.
M. Comstock & C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1971, no. 480
Provenance
German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired 1981 on the German art market.
Price
€ 3.200
Item
7359