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A Corinthian pottery aryballos
the spherical body with three bearded men, wearing short purple tunics, rosettes in the field, concentric circles on the base and everted rim, rays around the shoulder -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high, circa 575-550 B.C.; a similar alabastron, the pear-shaped body with two owls -- 3½in. (8.8cm.) high; two others, damaged -- 4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) high max.; a large black glazed skyphos, encrusted -- 9¼in. (23.6cm.) across handles; another smaller, concentric circles on base, handle missing -- 4¼in. (10.9cm.) diam.; and two plain ware pottery vessels -- 8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) high max., all 6th-4th Century B.C. (8)
the spherical body with three bearded men, wearing short purple tunics, rosettes in the field, concentric circles on the base and everted rim, rays around the shoulder -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high, circa 575-550 B.C.; a similar alabastron, the pear-shaped body with two owls -- 3½in. (8.8cm.) high; two others, damaged -- 4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) high max.; a large black glazed skyphos, encrusted -- 9¼in. (23.6cm.) across handles; another smaller, concentric circles on base, handle missing -- 4¼in. (10.9cm.) diam.; and two plain ware pottery vessels -- 8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) high max., all 6th-4th Century B.C. (8)