Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
Inscribed "Hipparchos is beautiful"
Decorated with a lovely pattern of diminishing palmettes, this vase may bear a tribute to Hipparchos, the son of the tyrant Peisistratos. Hipparchos was assassinated by two conspirators, Harmodios and Aristogeiton.
Decorated with a lovely pattern of diminishing palmettes, this vase may bear a tribute to Hipparchos, the son of the tyrant Peisistratos. Hipparchos was assassinated by two conspirators, Harmodios and Aristogeiton.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
- Artist: Attributed to the Group of the Paidikos Alabastra
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 510 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground
- Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Gift of Welles Bosworth, 1921
- Object Number: 21.80
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Group of the Paidikos Alabastra
ca. 510–500 BCE
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ca. 510–500 BCE
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ca. 510–500 BCE
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