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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.292
Title
Alabastron
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
700-675 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Clusium (Etruria)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291132

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; buff clay and traces of purple and black glaze
Dimensions
20.5 x 10 cm (8 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.292
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Italo-Corinthian. Incised details. Pear-shaped, attached handle with hole. Lip: flat bands. Shoulder: vertical bands. Body: two zones, birds walking right.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 13, no. 55

Verification Level

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