Globular Aryballos with Hoplites"Medium and technique: globular ceramic shape with chamois-colour paste; dark brown paint with strokes of purple and white varnish and some etched details. Size: 11.1 cm high.Description: this wheel-thrown example has disc-shaped mouth with small groove on top of the flat part, short and narrow truncated conical neck, ribbon-shaped handle vertically running from rim to shoulder, globular body and rounded bottom. This aryballos shows dark brow-painted radial flaps on top of the rim's flat part as well as on the lip, shoulder and at the base of the neck, whilst some parallel lines are found on the handle. Over the body there is a procession of warriors, framed by dark brown parallel dotted lines, who proceed leftwards and wear a crested helm, a large round shield with white and purple finishings, a spear, the end and blade of which emerge from the shield, and greaves. The field around the warriors is completely covered with dark brown-painted dots. Style and remarks: according to its globular shape and decorative pattern with train of warriors, this aryballos can be dated to the early sixth century BC. Men's iconography and evidence from vases' depictions indicate that athlets used these vessels for holding oil, which served the purpose of cleansing after playing, as it was probably also the case with soldiers after fighting. These jars have at times been found amongst votive deposits near acropolises, temples and wall groundworks, probably being offered by young men who were reaching adulthood.State of preservation: complete with abraded.Dating: 6th century BC.References: Bianchi Bandinelli – Paribeni, 1976, L'arte dell'antichità classica, Etruria – Roma, Utet, Torino. Boardman 1990; Martelli, 1987, La ceramica etrusco-corinzia, in Ead., La ceramica degli Etruschi. La pittura vascolare, Novara. Martinelli (a cura di) 2000. La ceramica degli etruschi, pittura vascolare; Istituto nazionale geografico de agostini. Giudice-Tusa S.-Tusa V.1992. La collezione archeologica del banco di Sicilia, Edizioni Guida. Palermo. Szilágyi, 1992. Ceramica etrusco-corinzia figurata, I-II, Firenze. Rasmussen, 1979. Bucchero Pottery in Southern Etruria, Cambridge."80012001500

Fine condition