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Accession_Number

48.12.6

Shape

Ball aryballos

Shape_description

Disk-shaped mouth with flat rim; cylindrical neck; flat strap handle reaches from rim down to middle of shoulder; body is a slightly flattened ball, round on the bottom.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Etruscan

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 8/2

Decoration

Rim decorated with three bands, the the central one with added purple. Horizontal bars on handle. Long tongues on shoulder; figural zone framed by bands. Main design is of three crouching lions, facing right, with long tails forming s-curves above them, each reaching back to link to the next lion. Incisions and added purple on necks and shoulders. Base reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Surface remains smooth, although some decoration has eroded.

Technique/Style

Polychrome; incised

Provenance

Said to be from Cumae

Period

Early Archaic

Date

580-560

Dating_details

Artist

Zuest Painter

Attribution

Szilágyi 1998, 409/20. The Zuest Painter is considered in the 'third generation' of the Vulci School. For the Zuest Painter see also Szilágyi 1968, 10 n. 24; Szilágyi 1975, 119-20; Amyx 1988, 695-96

Image

	Left side view of an Etrusco-Corinthian ball aryballos, showing lion design on the body.
	Front view of an Etrusco-Corinthian ball aryballos, showing lion design on the body.
	Right side view of an Etrusco-Corinthian ball aryballos, showing lion design on the body.
2003.32.0001.jpg	Left side view of an Etrusco-Corinthian ball aryballos, showing a lions advancing to the right.
2003.97.0243.jpg	Left side view of an Etrusco-Corinthian ball aryballos, showing lion design on the body.
2003.97.0244.jpg	Right side view of an Etrusco-Corinthian ball aryballos, showing lion design on the body.
2003.97.0245.jpg	Top view of an Etrusco-Corinthian ball aryballos, showing the mouth.
2003.97.0246.jpg	Bottom view of an Etrusco-Corinthian ball aryballos, showing the reserved underside.