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Alabastron
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Alabastron
ἀλάβαστρον
1811 vases
A small elongated vessel with a rounded bottom and flat rim, used for perfumed oil. Originally made from alabaster (hence the name), ceramic versions became common grave goods.
Function & Use
Perfumed oil container
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Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
ca. 575–550 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
BF
575–550 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
near the Laurion Painter
·
ca. 575–550 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase) in the form of a woman holding a dove
mid-6th century BCE
Alabastron
about 560–540 B.C.
Attisch schwarzfiguriges Alabastron
BF
Lydos
·
560-540 v. Chr.
Alabastron (oil flask) in the Form of a Woman Holding a Dove
c. 550 BCE
Alabastron in the Form of a Dead Hare
6291
·
second half 6th century BCE (Archaic)
Terracotta fragment of an alabastron (perfume vase)?
480–470 BCE
Terracotta fragment of an alabastron (perfume vase)?
480–470 BCE
Attisch schwarzfiguriges Alabastron
BF
525-500 v. Chr.
Attisch rotfiguriges Alabastron
RF
525-500 v. Chr.
Attisch rotfiguriges Alabastron
RF
Ikarus-Maler
·
525-500 v. Chr.
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
BF
ca. 520 BCE
Fragmentary Black-figure Alabastron: Musical Contests
BF
520-480 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
RF
the Painter of New York 21.131
·
ca. 510–500 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
RF
Attributed to the Group of the Paidikos Alabastra
·
ca. 510 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
RF
Attributed to the Group of the Paidikos Alabastra
·
ca. 510–500 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
RF
Related to the Group of the Paidikos Alabastra
·
ca. 510–500 BCE
Alabastron (perfume bottle)
5th-3th century BCE
Black-Figure white-ground Alabastron: Woman playing the Double Flute and a Dancer with Krotate; Figures separated by Three Fountains and Palm Trees
BF
500 BCE-475 BCE
ALABASTRON (?) FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
THESEUS P
·
-500 TO -450
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
NEGRO ALABASTRA, GROUP OF THE
·
-500 TO -450
Attisch weißgrundiges Alabastron mit Umrisszeichnung
WG
500-475 v. Chr.
Attisch schwarzfiguriges Alabastron
BF
500-475 v. Chr.
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
RF
MUNICH 2676, P OF
·
-500 TO -450
Attisch schwarzfiguriges Alabastron mit weißem Überzug
BF
500-475 v. Chr.
Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
BF
the Diosphos Painter
·
about 500-480 BCE
Alabastron (Attisch weißgrundiges Alabastron)
WG
500-475 v. Chr.
Attisch schwarzfiguriges Alabastron
BF
500-467 v. Chr.
Alabastron (Attisch weißgrundiges Alabastron mit Umrißzeichnung)
WG
500-467 v. Chr.
Attisch schwarzfiguriges Alabastron
BF
500-467 v. Chr.
Attisch weißgrundiges Alabastron mit Umrißzeichnung
WG
500-475 v. Chr.
Attisch weißgrundiges Alabastron mit Umrisszeichnung
WG
500-475 v. Chr.
Alabastron (Attisch weißgrundiges Alabastron mit Umrißzeichnung)
WG
Gruppe der "Negro Alabastra"
·
500-476 v. Chr.
Alabastron
5th century BCE
Alabastron (oil flask): Working Wool, Dionysos with Satyr and Maenad (upper); Gigantomachy (lower)
BF
the Haimon Group
·
c. 480 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
RF
the Painter of Palermo 1162
·
ca. 480 BCE
Attic White-Ground Alabastron with an Archer
WG
Group of the Negro Alabastra
·
about 480 B.C.
Alabastron (oil flask): Black Archer with Palm Tree
WG
480-470 BCE
Terracotta Columbus alabastron (perfume vase)
Related to the Beldam Painter
·
ca. 470 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
RF
the Beth Pelet Painter
·
ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
RF
the Beth Pelet Painter
·
ca. 460 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
RF
ca. 440–430 BCE
Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
RF
Attributed to the Persephone Painter
·
ca. 440 BCE
Alabastron
late 5th century B.C.
Alabastron (in 2 parts)
late 5th century B.C.
Rotfiguriges Alabastron, nicht attisch
RF
420-400 v. Chr.
Alabastron
400-200 v. Chr.
Attisch schwarzfiguriges Alabastron
BF
Bulas-Gruppe
·
400-350 v. Chr.
Alabastron auf flacher Standfläche (Alabastron mit Fuβ)
4. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
ALABASTRON (ITALIOTE, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
-400 TO -300
Alabastron
4th–3rd century B.C.
Alabastron
4th–1st century B.C.
Alabastron
4th–1st century B.C.
Alabastron
4th–3rd century B.C.
Alabastron
RF
Attributed to the Bulas Group
·
early 4th century BCE
Alabastron
ca. 350–300 BCE
Apulian Red-Figure Footed Alabastron
RF
Alabastra Group
·
about 350–340 B.C.
Alabastron
200–1 B.C.
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