Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
Komasts (padded dancers)
During the Early Corinthian period, there seem to have been workshops specializing in aryballoi decorated with komasts. These dancers performed in observances dedicated to the god Dionysos. However, on vases that were produced in quantity, such as this one, it is likely that the iconography is conventional rather than significant in any specific sense.
During the Early Corinthian period, there seem to have been workshops specializing in aryballoi decorated with komasts. These dancers performed in observances dedicated to the god Dionysos. However, on vases that were produced in quantity, such as this one, it is likely that the iconography is conventional rather than significant in any specific sense.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the New York Comast Painter
- Period: Early Corinthian
- Date: ca. 620–590 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Corinthian
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H.: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1021.17
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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