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Start Over Object class Balsamaria (cosmetic containers) Culture or time period Cultures in the Ancient Greek sphere of influence Loans S1977-1978 #22: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (January 4, 1978–July 14, 1978)
Hearst Museum object titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1864, described as Corinthian or East Greek (?) balsam flask. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic vase; height: 8.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 14). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale buff; cream slip; dark brown dots all over the surface, except on the head of the baby monkey, which is violet. Vase in the shape of a monkey (head missing) sitting and holding baby. Feet of mother monkey also broken off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. IX, 123; C.W.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c,pl. 7, no. 10.
Hearst Museum object titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.

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