M0016687: Two aryballos, one showing figures and other floral designs, 7th and 6th century B.C.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Aryballos, Corinthian decorated with floral designs in red and black

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Aryballos, Corinthian, showing 6 dancers and a winged figure in red black

Photograph of two Corinthian aryballos, one with floral designs, c.6th century B.C. and one showing six dances and a flying bird, c.7th century B.C. The first was purchased at auction in 1928 by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accessioned number R446/1936). The second was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1946 (accession number R263/1946). Neither are held by Wellcome Collection.

1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: accession number R446/1936 and accession number R263/1946

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.