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Description: | Small faience jar to hold scented oil or perfume, in the style of the Greek aryballos. Formed in the shape of a hedgehog, with a rounded body, a criss-cross pattern covering the body to represent spines and a large ruff of spines framing the face. On the top of the hedgehog's back is a short cylindrical neck with circular hole and a square handle. The jar would have been covered with a turquoise glaze, traces of which still remain. Description Source: Birch, S. 1880. Catalogue of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities at Alnwick Castle, London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, p. 101. | Subjects: | cosmetica vase receptacle/vessel jar animal | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=59... | Go to resource |
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