Vases Aryballos Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a hare
Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a hare

Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a hare

Aryballos · 650-600 BCE
Small Protocorinthian oil vessel in the shape of a hare. Bobbin-shaped (wheelmade?) body rests on folded legs. Back paws are thin and sausage-shaped. Front paws are large and wedge-shaped. Hemispherical tail. Small, moldmade (?) head with filling hole at top. Large modeled eyes, small pierced nostrils, incised mouth. Pointy ears are raised. Small hole for suspension connects ears to back of body.

Pale buff-orange body with details in orange and dark brown slip. Body stippled all over in orange slip. Point of juncture between body and legs filled with orange slip, with some dark brown details. Back haunch delineated in orange. Modeled eye slipped dark brown with orange eyelashes extending beyond a dark brown eyebrow. Mouth detailed in brown slip. Ear outlined in brown, with interior slipped orange.

Significant flaking of slip. Repair at chest.
Shape
Period
Orientalizing period
Date
650-600 BCE
Culture
Greek
Dimensions
H: 8.00 cm W: 7.40 cm
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinth (Corinthia)
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
2002.283
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)