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Oil Jar (Aryballos)

Oil Jar (Aryballos)

Unknown

Artist
Unknown (Roman)
Title
Oil Jar (Aryballos)
Date
ca. 3rd-4th century
Medium
Free-blown glass
Dimensions
4 in. H Overall
Credit
Art Collections Fund purchase
Accession No.
1976.145
Classification
Glass
Geography
Roman Empire

Related

Unknown private collection (New York, NY) (same collection as object 1976.146); 11 December 1976, sold by unknown private collection at Sotheby Parke Bernet (New York, NY) sale 3934, "Fine Egyptian, Western Asiatic, and Classical Antiquities" (lot 25) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 6 October 2021]

  • Chazen Museum of Art. "Bulletin 2003-2007." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2010. p. 33, no. 21
  • Schörle, Katia. "Ancient Greek and Roman Glass in the Chazen Museum of Art." Bulletin 2003-2007. Chazen Museum of Art (2010): 28-35. pp. 28-35, no. 21

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