Foot-shaped aryballos, Ionian workshop, aryballos, antique vessel. Yellow-orange clay with mica; matte black engobe on the surface. Aryballos in the shape of a foot shod in a sandal with a thick sole connected to braided leather straps. The foot ends above the ankle and merges into a narrow neck terminating in an outward-turned rim, decorated from above with radiating lines. A wide, ribbon-like handle is attached vertically to the spout, on which there is an image of a rooster surrounded by dots. Preservation condition: the front part of the foot is filled with plaster. Late 6th–early 5th century BC. Ionia, Turkey/Greece., A small sculpted object resembling a stylized animal or creature sits upright against a plain background; the object is primarily tan with darker brown and black patches and spots, and it shows textured, carved surfaces with a pattern of scales or diamond shapes on its lower portion and smoother, worn areas on its upper portion, with visible irregularities and small ...
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Foot-shaped aryballos, Ionian workshop, aryballos, antique vessel. Yellow-orange clay with mica; matte black engobe on the surface. Aryballos in the shape of a foot shod in a sandal with a thick sole connected to braided leather straps. The foot ends above the ankle and merges into a narrow neck terminating in an outward-turned rim, decorated from above with radiating lines. A wide, ribbon-like handle is attached vertically to the spout, on which there is an image of a rooster surrounded by dots. Preservation condition: the front part of the foot is filled with plaster. Late 6th–early 5th century BC. Ionia, Turkey/Greece., A small sculpted object resembling a stylized animal or creature sits upright against a plain background; the object is primarily tan with darker brown and black patches and spots, and it shows textured, carved surfaces with a pattern of scales or diamond shapes on its lower portion and smoother, worn areas on its upper portion, with visible irregularities and small chips in the material, and a subtle reflection of the object appears on the smooth surface beneath it; the background is a uniform gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A03_418

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53.3Mo (529.6Ko) / 36.5cm x 36.5cm / 4315 x 4315 (300dpi)

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