Alabastron

Museum number:
8-3301
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Object count:
1
Description:
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.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Boeotia, Central Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Alabastra
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 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.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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