Round Aryballos: Sphinx and Serpent
Round Aryballos: Sphinx and Serpent

Currently not on view

Round Aryballos: Sphinx and Serpent,

early 6th century BCE

Greek
Middle Corinthian, 700–338 BCE
y347

Information

Title
Round Aryballos: Sphinx and Serpent
Dates

early 6th century BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
preserved: h. 4.7 cm, diam. 6.2 cm (1 7/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y347
Culture
Greek
Period
Middle Corinthian
Type
ceramics, aryballoi
Materials
paint, glaze, ceramic
Subject
dots, rosettes, allover patterns, floral patterns, snakes, sphinxes

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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