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ARTIST: The New York Comast Painter (Greece)

TITLE OF WORK: Terracotta aryballos (oil flask). Early Corinthian, ca. 620–590 B.C.

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, black-figure vase, terracotta

DATE: -605

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 11.1 cm height

COMMENTS: During the Early Corinthian period, there seem to have been workshops specializing in aryballoi decorated with komasts. These dancers performed in observances dedicated to the god Dionysos. However, o

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Corinth

DANCE FORM: solo

KEYWORDS: nude men