Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Red-figured alabastron: two women

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Ancient Mediterranean Art

Red-figured alabastron: two women

Group of the Paidikos Alabastra, active ca. 520–500 BCE
Greek, Attic
y1931-5

Information

Title
Red-figured alabastron: two women
Maker
Group of the Paidikos Alabastra
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 15.5 cm, diam. 5.2 cm (6 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Trumbull-Prime Fund
Object Number
y1931-5
Inscription
Painted letters on rim: [See accession card for reproduction of inscription]
Culture
Attic
Period
Red-figure
Type
vessels (containers), alabastra, ceramics
Materials
glaze, ceramic
Subject
flowers, running ornament, columns (architectural elements), meanders (patterns), figures (representations), altars, chitons, himations, women

Purchased by the Museum from L. Pollak, Rome, in 1931

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