Légende

Orientalizing alabastron with depictions of horses, circa 620–590 BC, Corinth. Small aryballos alabastron; vessel height 10.0 cm with supplement, original preserved height 8.4 cm, width 4.7 cm, weight 0.066 kg. Decoration: remnants of a radial ornament under the rim; paired horse prototypes positioned opposite each other, ending in bird-like tails, occupying the vessel’s full height; very precise engraved modeling, red retouches, small filling ornaments rosettes; radial ornament on the underside. Technology: smooth surface, yellow clay. Notes: reconstructed rim, visible chips and impurities. Clay color: 2.5 Y 7/4 pale yellow; varnish color: 10 YR 2/1 black; red color: 7.5 R 4/4 red., A small egg-shaped ceramic vessel with a flared rim stands on a clear support; its surface shows a cream background with painted black and dark reddish-brown decorations, including a large stylized animal figure with a curled mane and elongated snout rendered in black with fine incised lines, surrounded by several dark flower-like motifs and spotted accents, and areas of wear and slight discoloration on the cream surface.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A03_392

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18.5Mo (619.4Ko) / 16.8cm x 27.7cm / 1985 x 3266 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Orientalizing alabastron depictions horses circa 620–590 BC Corinth Small aryballos alabastron vessel height 10.0 cm supplement original preserved 8.4 cm width 4.7 cm weight 0.066 kg Decoration remnants radial ornament under rim paired horse prototypes positioned opposite ending bird- tails occupying vessel’s full height precise engraved modeling red retouches small filling ornaments rosettes radial ornament underside Technology smooth surface yellow clay Notes reconstructed visible chips impurities Clay color 2.5 Y 7 4 pale yellow varnish color 10 Yr 2 1 black red color 7.5 R 4 4 red small egg-shaped ceramic vessel flared rim stands clear support surface cream background painted black dark reddish-brown decorations large stylized animal figure curled mane elongated snout rendered black fine incised lines surrounded several dark flower- motifs spotted accents areas wear slight discoloration cream surface.