Museum Acquisitions
On Display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Janus-faced aryballos depicting a Nubian and a bull
Period: Late Period
Date: 600–550 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 4.8 × W. 3.6 × L. 4.7 cm (1 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Provenance : Sophie Zamist purchased the aryballos on June 28, 1973 from Petit Musée, an antiquities dealer in Montreal. Given to the Museum by Ms.Zamist, 2008.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/574432
On Display at The Harvard Art Museum
Oil flask (aryballos) in the form of a hedgehog
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 6th century BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Ionia
Period: Archaic period
Provenance: Richard Sommer, Montreal, Canada, (by 1969), sold; to [Petit Musée, Dealers in Antiquities, Montreal, Canada (1969-1975)], sold; to the Fogg Museum.
