Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna: Corinthian configured ointment jar.The favourites objects of the Corinthian production are the small containers, aryballoi and alabastra and from the beginning of the 6th century BC a type of miniaturized amphora, the amphoriskos, all intended to contain perfumes and ointments. Among the shapes intended for cosmetics, a very peculiar typology is that of the plastic ointment jars, mostly in the shape of an animal and intended above all for export. The small ointment jar in the shape of a crouching man, with a beard and long hair falling on his shoulders and back, was also intended for this same purpose. He wears a garment decorated with dense dots that probably reproduces a beast's skin and has a pair of holes at the side of the neck intended for hanging the container.Inv. G 599:
