Alabastron

Museum number:
8-3172
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.12
Description:
Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; small hollow underneath; on body: series of horizontal lines, framed by black bands with red median stripes; on shoulder, tongues; below them, three horizontal lines; traces of glaze on rim; on top of mouth, black ring with red stripe.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cortona, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Robert H. Coleman
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Alabastra
Accession date:
August 1901
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3172, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; small hollow underneath; on body: series of horizontal lines, framed by black bands with red median stripes; on shoulder, tongues; below them, three horizontal lines; traces of glaze on rim; on top of mouth, black ring with red stripe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3172, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; small hollow underneath; on body: series of horizontal lines, framed by black bands with red median stripes; on shoulder, tongues; below them, three horizontal lines; traces of glaze on rim; on top of mouth, black ring with red stripe.

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