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Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H.: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm). Date: ca. 440-430 B.C..
Two women
The women are shown in the domestic quarters, indicated by the casket and the kalathos (wool basket) between them. This is a simple object but just what an Athenian woman would have used in life and received as an offering in her grave.
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Title:
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
Caption:
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H.: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm). Date: ca. 440-430 B.C.. Two women The women are shown in the domestic quarters, indicated by the casket and the kalathos (wool basket) between them. This is a simple object but just what an Athenian woman would have used in life and received as an offering in her grave.
Technique/material:
Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground
Period:
classical
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3150 x 4200 px | 37.9 MB
Print size:
26.7 x 35.6 cm | 10.5 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)