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Hedgehogs are among the most common forms of faience oil flasks. The center of production of these vases has traditionally been identified as Naucratis, a Greek trading colony on the Nile Delta, in Egypt.
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Title: Faience aryballos (oil bottle) in the form of a hedgehog
Period: Archaic
Date: 6th century BCE
Culture: East Greek
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (4.4 x 6.5 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Faience
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Object Number: 10.130.2602
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