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Inscribed on the lip, "the boy is fair"
Such small bottles held the olive oil used by athletes to cleanse themselves after exercise. This exquisite vase is embellished with black and red lines that accentuate the outer rims of the three shells.
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Title: Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of three cockleshells
Period: Archaic
Date: late 6th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Object Number: 23.160.33
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