This piece of pottery is an Aryballos-style Archaic Greek "vessel". It was created around 570 BCE. This piece would have been used for holding oil for the bathing process after one was finished at the gym. It stands around three feet tall, making it extremely portable, and is made out of terracotta. It is decorated by a black-figure painting on a light background. The figures we see beside the lip of the aryballos are pygmies and cranes in an epic battle. On the side of the handle we can see Hermes and Perseus  with two Tritons on top of the handle that are less visible from this angle, and there are three satyrs painted on the main face of the handle.
   The vessel was likely crafted and painted by Nearchos. Signing his name in an isolated portion of his works we can find him making other vessels earlier in the Archaic time period.