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alabastron
Object Type
alabastron
Museum number
1860,0404.67
Description
Faience alabastron with incised animals. Above there are geese walking, very crudely drawn, with thick legs and lumpy bodies and incised detail roughly drawn on wings. Below there are three ibexes walking right with lanceolate trees between, and with one behind one of them. The original green glaze has now completely disappeared.
Cultures/periods
Archaic Greek
Production date
7thC BC-6thC BC
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kamiros
Materials
glazed composition
Technique
incised
Dimensions
Height:
9.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Webb 1978 / Archaic Greek Faience, Miniature scent bottles and related objects from East Greece, 650-500BC
(204)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
mammal
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Auguste Salzmann
Purchased from:
Sir Alfred Biliotti
Acquisition date
1860
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1860,0404.67