Corinthian Cockleshell Aryballos

An ancient Corinthian Greek aryballos in the form of a cockle shell realistically modeled with ridges and stripes in black slip. The shell imitates the form of the edible cockle cardium edule.

Corinth.

Ca. 525 - 475 BC.

Height: 2 3/4 in. (6 cm).

cf.: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, inv. no. П.1898-35, from Panticapaeum necropolis, Crimea.

Formerly in a New York private collection; previously in a German private collection.

Inv#: 7880

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$7,500

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