Vases of this unusual shape were probably designed to hold perfumed oil, the incurved rim being designed to prevent the valuable liquid from spilling when the vessel was carried. Excavations at Corinth suggest that the shape was rare in burials, but often used in temple dedications.

 

Literature: J. Falconer and T. Mannack, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain, Fascicule 19: Winchester College (Oxford, 2002), p. 15, plate 11.7-9; A. Amyx, Corinthian vase-painting of the Archaic Period (Berkeley, 1988), p. 474; H.A. Payne, Necrocorinthia, a study of Corinthian art in the Archaic period (Oxford, 1931), p. 335, no. 1520, fig. 184; Winchester College Memorial Buildings: Department of Classical Art (Winchester, 1909), p. 14 (no. 11)

Provenance: From Thebes, at Winchester College by 1909

Location: Treasury, Gallery 3