alabastron
- Museum number
- 1842,0728.864
- Description
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Pottery: White-ground alabastron.
A woman in a long sleeved chiton and himation and fillet, her hair tied in a roll at the neck, stands to left, holding out in her righ a mirror. Confronting her is an ephebos in an himation, leaning forward against a knotted staff; this figure is badly damaged. Behind the woman is a diphros; in front of her a calathos, over which is inscribed KAΛE. Behind the ephebos hangs a taenia (?); beside it, ΚΑΛΟΣ, καλός.
Drawing of good period; black outline; hair, staff, and legs of stool in silhouette. Eye in profile. Hair over forehead: in rows of dots. Above, a band of maeander with two white cross squares.
- Production date
- 470BC-460BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 16.51 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- On display (G20a/dc19)
- Condition
- Surface slightly damaged.
- Acquisition date
- 1842
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1842,0728.864
