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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
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 3150 × 4200 px | 37.9 MB
Print size: 26.7 × 35.6 cm | 1240.2 × 1653.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ALABASTER • ALABASTRA • CLASSICAL • CLAY • EUROPE • GREECE • GREEK AND ROMAN ART • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • TERRACOTTA • TERRACOTTA; RED-FIGURE, WHITE-GROUND • VASES • VESSELS