Miniature aryballos in the form of an hoplite's head

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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ Χ 6632

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

550-525 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.058 m
Length: 0.067 m

Material

Bronze

Location

First Floor Case 20, Νο 3

Description
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Miniature aryballos with spherical body that imitates a perfume vase. The aryballos base was probably made separately and hasn’t survived.

The vessel is in the form of a hoplite’s head with a Corinthian-type helmet. The intense facial features and detailing is rendered with engraving. The helmet is decorated by two rosettes and a band with parallel lines that runs along the face opening. Two lions laying down frame the aryballos spout which has replaced the helmet’s central crest. Incised vertical lines encircle the vessel’s rim.

De Ridder, A., Bronzes Trouvés sur l' Acropole d'Athènes, Paris, 1896, σελ. 86-87, εικ. 56-57, αρ. κατ. 250
Stais, V., Marbres et bronzes du Musée National, I, Αθήνα, 1910, σελ. 279
Καρούζου-Παπασπυρίδη, Σ., «Ανασκαφή Τάφων του Άργους», Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 15, 1933-1935, σελ. 51-52, εικ. 35
Βοκοτοπούλου, Ι., Αργυρά και χάλκινα έργα τέχνης, Αθήνα, 1997, σελ. 250, αρ. κατ. 120