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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.80
Title
Black-Figure Alabastron: Two Roosters
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
6th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinth (Corinthia)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291605

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
9.5 cm

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Walter Baker
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.80
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Baggy alabastron decorated in black-figure technique with red added paint: heraldic roosters flanking floral pattern; rosette fillers and dot rosette under base.

Publication History

  • George M. A. Hanfmann, Greek Art and Life, An Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1950), no. 114.

Exhibition History

  • Greek Art and Life: From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Private Lenders, Fogg Art Museum, 03/07/1950 - 04/15/1950

Verification Level

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