Aryballos in the shape of a duck, clay, reddish brown fired, Eastern Greek (Ionic), 6th century BC (c. 580 BC), ex Tillmann Collection, Cologne.
Cf. i.a. the example ex Mildenberg Collection, see J. Neils, in: A.P. Kozloff (ed.), Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, exhibition catalogue Cleveland 1981, p. 118, no. 99 (= Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, exhibition catalogue Berlin et al., Mainz 1983, p. 103, no. 99 = M. Dayagi-Mendels, Perfumes and Cosmetics in the Ancient World, exhibition catalogue, Jerusalem 1989, p. 23).
Dimensions:
Height: 8.0 cm | 3.15 in.
Width: 12.0 cm | 4.72 in.
Depth: 5.5 cm | 2.17 in.
