Boeotian black-figure alabastron; intact; brown clay; black paint, fired tan on lower part of body; A) three women, holding branches, under one mantle; B) lotus; rosettes in field; dicing above and below main frieze; on mouth rosette; on rim network; on neck tongues; underneath rosette with central depression.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Boeotia, Central Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
Corinthian from Boeotia
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Alabastra
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), 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)