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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 8-873, described as Alabastron, geese
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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-6683, described as Etrusco-Corinthian black-figure alabastron; put together from a few large pieces; dull buff clay; added red paint; two confronted sphinxes, with two Geese between them; a third goose below sphinx at 1; two more geese at back; incised rosettes in field; tongues on shoulder; rosette underneath; dots on rim and handle; tongues on mouth. Height 17.6 cm; diameter 9.5 cm.
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-521, described as Long alabastron
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.

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