Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos (oil flask) with scale pattern decoration
Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted with incised detail
Geography: Made in Etruria, Italy; findspot unknown
Date: about 630-600 BC
Period: Etruscan Orientalizing period
Object number: 923.13.12
Credit Line: Gift of the Members of the Royal Ontario Museum
Gallery Location:Eaton Gallery of Rome - Bratty Exhibit of Etruria
DescriptionThis perfumed-oil flask (aryballos) is decorated with a scale pattern, which was the typical decoration for vases of this shape made in Corinth, Greece. The Etruscan potters closely copied the popular pottery from Corinth, using a similar pale clay and the same types of decoration.