Greek; Corinth
Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)
INV-0614
Greek; Corinth600-575 BCE
Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)
Greek; Corinth →corinthian (pottery style)black-figurevesselearthenware
Date
600-575 BCE
Medium
terracotta, black-figure
Dimensions
16.5 × 8.4 cm (6 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.); Diam.: 8.4 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson
Located on the narrow isthmus that joins the Greek mainland and the Peloponnese, with natural harbors facing east and west, Corinth was the major port of trade in Greece for most of the Archaic period (700–480 BCE). Producers exported scented oil around the Mediterranean in terracotta containers like this one known as an amphoriskos, literally a "little amphora," that survive today in the thousands.
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