2012.1.94: Double Alabastron

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2012.1.94

Title

Double Alabastron

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 600 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe

Period

Iron Age

Culture

Italic

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/56999

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

12.8 x 5.2 cm (5 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University

Accession Year

2012

Object Number

2012.1.94

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Intact Italo-Corinthian alabastron with a flat lip and single, short strap handle extending from the lip to the upper part of the shoulder. The body is piriform, flat on the bottom, with a bulbous shape around the neck. The decoration consists of wide and narrow bands with rows of lines and stippling interspersed. There are minor chips around the lip and on the body.

Commentary

Publication History

• John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), P6, p. 55 [M. C. Marvin]

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