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A work made of terracotta, black-figure.

Aryballos (Cointainer for Oil)

625-600 BCE

Greek; Corinth

Ancient Greece

Located on the narrow isthmus that joins the Greek mainland and the Peloponnese, with natural harbors facing east and west, Corinth was the major port of trade in Greece for most of the Archaic period (700–480BC). Producers exported scented oil around the Mediterranean in terra-cotta containers, such as this aryballos, that survive today in the thousands.

terracotta, black-figure

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium