Terracotta aryballos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm). Date: ca. 570 B.C..Around the lip, pygmies fighting cranesAround the main surface of the handle, three satyrs; on the ends, Hermes and Perseus; on top, two tritonsBoth potter and painter, Nearchos was one of the great artists active about 570 B.C. His son, Tleson, was the major potter of Little Master cups in the succeeding generation. Both were literate; they inscribed their vases. This aryballos is exceptional for the precision and vigor of the figures. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Terracotta aryballos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm). Date: ca. 570 B.C..Around the lip, pygmies fighting cranesAround the main surface of the handle, three satyrs; on the ends, Hermes and Perseus; on top, two tritonsBoth potter and painter, Nearchos was one of the great artists active about 570 B.C. His son, Tleson, was the major potter of Little Master cups in the succeeding generation. Both were literate; they inscribed their vases. This aryballos is exceptional for the precision and vigor of the figures. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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