alabastron
- Museum number
- 1860,0201.30
- Description
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Pottery Protocorinthian alabastron decorated with a lion and two griffins; wheel-made; depressed-ovoid body on a rounded base; small mouth with a sloping rim; pierced lug handle at the top; made of fine buff clay and slip, with painted decoration which has fired black; also added purple paint on the animal bodies; details of the figures are incised.
The main frieze shows two griffins separated by stylised tree-like motif; a lion occupies the space between the two mythical beasts; filling motifs in the field. Above the main scene is a frieze of stylised floral designs; below simpler motifs composed of dots separated by S-shaped strokes. Simple rays on the vase, and tongues on the lip.
- Production date
- 660BC-650BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 3.90 centimetres
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Height: 5.80 centimetres
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Weight: 68 grammes
- Curator's comments
- See D. Williams, Greek Vases (1985), p. 39 fig. 27b; J. Boardman (1998), p. 96 fig. 182, and D.A. Amyx (1988), vol. II, p. 438 (with further refs.), wo cites Dunbabin's downdating of the piece from Middle to Late Protocorinthian.
- Location
- On display (G13/dc1)
- Acquisition date
- 1860
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1860,0201.30
