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Aryballoi with floral quatrefoils were produced in very great number through the sixth century B.C. and probably into the fifth. They were also widely exported. The simple but distinctive decoration suggests that these vases may have had a specific contents.
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Title: Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
Period: Late Corinthian
Date: 2nd half of the 6th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Corinthian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number: 41.162.165
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