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Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

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Attributed to the Painter of Palermo 1162 

Period:
Classical
Date:
ca. 480 B.C.
Culture:
Greek, Attic
Medium:
Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:
H. 5 13/16 in. (14.7 cm); diameter 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Classification:
Vases
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number:
41.162.75

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

  • Description

    Woman and Nike at altar, each with phiale

    Offering libations seems to have been an important role for women. Here a Nike (personification of victory), who looks very much like an Athenian lady with wings, and a mortal counterpart flank an altar. Each holds a phiale (libation bowl). It is likely that the sacrifice is for the successful return of a warrior or athlete.

  • References

    Beazley Archive Pottery Database, no. 208908.

    Hoppin, Joseph Clark and Albert Gallatin. 1926. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, United States of America: Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Fasc. 1. Paris: Champion, pls. 26.11 and 26.13.

    Beazley, John D. 1963. Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon Press, no. 1 (top), p. 725.

    Badinou, Panayota. 2003. La laine et le parfum: Épinetra et alabastres, forme, iconographie et fonction, recherche de céramique attique féminine. Louvain: Peeters, no. A 300, p. 209, pl. 110.

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