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| Keywords: Greco-Egyptian - Aryballos - Walters 482863.jpg The cosmetic vessel consists of a hedgehog shaped body on a small rectangular plinth a neck with large lip and a handle on top of the animal's back The prickly body of this hedgehog is shown by a cross-hatched pattern The eyes and the markings on the body have been added in a brownish-black glaze The head has a long extended snout slightly protruding eyes as well as large ears that set up attentively and with vertical line hatching The protruding fringe above the forehead is also accentuated with black color Perfume of cosmetic containers in the shape of a hedgehogs became common during the 6th and 5th century BC and were probably invented in the Greek colony of Naukratis and the Western Delta region of Egypt However hedgehog representation on ships and hedgehog statuettes were common in ancient Egypt from the 3rd millennium BC His body armor symbolized protection and in addition he was seen as one of the sun gods special animals century 6 5 BC faience blue-green glaze with brownish-black details cm 6 2 7 5 4 8 accession number 48 2863 77940 Parvin Collection Alan Krammer Chicago date and mode of acquisition unknown the collection was formed in the 1960s-70s and disbanded in the early 1980s Dr John Winnie Collection St Mary's Georgia 1990s mode of acquisition unknown Mele Gallery Westport Connecticut 2007 by purchase Walters Art Museum 2009 by purchase Museum purchase 2009 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek art in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian pottery in the Walters Art Museum Mammals in Ancient Egypt Works of Greco-Roman Egypt Greco-Egyptian aryballoi Ancient Egyptian cosmetics Sculptures of hedgehogs | ||||
