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.
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
Loans:
S1952-1953 #7: Los Angeles County Fair (July 28, 1952–December 15, 1952), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1972-1973 #14: University of California, Riverside (October 15, 1972–December 18, 1972), S1980-1981 #41: University of California, Davis (January 8, 1981–March 12, 1981), S1981-1982 #26: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (December 18, 1981–September 29, 1982), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983), S1983-1984 #33: University of California, Davis (January 5, 1984–March 28, 1984), S1984-1985 #27: University of California, Davis (January 2, 1985–March 29, 1985), S1985-1986 #21: University of California, Davis/Lynn Roller (January 7, 1986–unknown), S1987-1988 #27: University of California, Davis (January 7, 1988–April 4, 1988), S1988-1989 #23: University of California, Davis/Lynn Roller (January 9, 1989–March 22, 1989), and S1990-1991 #21: Department of Classics, UC Davis/Lynn Roller (January 8, 1991–March 27, 1991)