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Small alabastron

Small alabastron

Alabastron · 600 B.C.
Miniature alabastron of light buff fabric with perforated lug handle set vertically and attached at top to lip. Piriform body with rounded base and small circular depression cut into it. Ornament of bands in brown slip. Top side of mouth has two concentric circles; lip edge shows single band. Below this, tonguelike verticals descend to approximately the middle of the body. On lower body, four bands of varying width.
Shape
Date
600 B.C.
Culture
Etruscan
Dimensions
H: 5.70 cm D: 1.90 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
83.AE.305
Image Source
getty_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)