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Start Over Media available legacy documentation Year collected [Missing] Collector Alfred Emerson
Hearst Museum object titled Aerolite, accession number 8-3882, described as Aerolite; meteoric stone.
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3301, described as Boeotian black-figure alabastron; put together from large fragments, mouth alien (Corinthian) but ancient; clay warm brown, of mouth white; A, male siren to left; B, lotus; sparse filling ornament; main frieze framed by rosette frieze and dicing; on neck tongues; underneath rosette with central hollow.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3337, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; glaze worn, especially in area of sphinx; remains of red paint on sphinx, swan, and one rosette; on body: sphinx, wearing polos, seated to left, swan to left, incised rosettes; underneath, rosette with slight central depression; on rim, dots; round mouth, tongues.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3368, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; complete; top broken off repaired; round hollow underneath; copious use of red paint for animals; on body, sphinx and goose; sphinx wears fillet and polos; incised rosettes in field; rosette underneath; on neck, tongues; on mouth, red and black tongues; on rim, dots. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-317, described as Alabaster alabastron
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3303, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; badly made: very thick and heavy, dents, bulges and cracks; most of glaze has fired brick red; added red paint; large cock to right, two rosettes in front of him, between head and wing, lotus; underneath vase, rosette; on shoulder, tongues; on rim, dots; around mouth, dense tongues.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3362, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; glaze fired coppery brown, not well-preserved; some added red paint (cocks, tongues); on body, snake flanked by two cocks, incised rosettes; under vase, dot-rosette with central depression; on neck, red and black tongues; on rim, dots; on mouth, red and black tongues.
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3371, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; paint worn in parts; added purple-red color; on body: bird between 2 lions, incised filling rosettes; under vase, rosette with central depression; on mouth and neck, red and black tongues; dots on rim. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3370, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; complete; approximately top half broken off and repaired; small piece missing in crack; paint worn; remains of red paint on lions and eagle; on body: eagle flying to left between 2 confronted lions; incised rosettes in field; rosette on base; on mouth and neck, tongues; on rim, dots.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3355, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; top broken off and repaired; wide gouge in surface; glaze worn; added red paint; on body: 2 confronted panthers; filling of dot-rosettes and rings; deep hollow underfoot, around it rosette; tongues on shoulder; on rim dots; round mouth dense tongues.

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