A RHODIAN POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS
PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A RHODIAN POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS

ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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A RHODIAN POTTERY FIGURAL ARYBALLOS
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Molded in the form of a lion's head, with a wide open mouth, the tongue lolling between the teeth, the ears erect, the vessel mouth at the top of the head, with a cylindrical neck and disk rim, the back of the head flat, white slipped with extensive red pigment preserved on the tongue and vessel mouth
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten, and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 65.

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