Corinthian Aryballos Greek Vase fresco Enhances any space Height: 41

Enhances any space Height: 41 cm / 16"

Depth: 43 cm / 16

It was called the Farnese Hercules because it was discovered in the baths of Caracalla in Rome

located within Les Invalides

rendered with neoclassical refinement

Corinthian Aryballos Greek Vase fresco Enhances any space Height: 41Aryballoi functioned as oil jars and are associated with bathing by athletes in the gymnasion or palaestra. Because of its design, the aryballos could conveniently be carried on the wrist with a string or strap looped through the small handle Corinthian style vases are characterized by their very fine yellowish or beige colored clay as well as by their so called Orientalizing decorative themes, which are derived from Near Eastern artistic motifs. Most