Alabastron

Museum number:
8-3370
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
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.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Alabastra
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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