Alabastron (perfume bottle) with women holding wool baskets
Place made:Greece
Culture: Greek
Date: ca. 460 BC
Medium: Terracotta, red-figure technique
Dimensions:
height: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
diameter of mouth: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
max. diameter: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.134.74
Provenance: sold, Sotheby's, London, July 9-10, 1984, lot 228 to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Published References
Sotheby's London, 9-10 July 1984, lot 228
H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picón, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995) pp. 156-7, no. 79
Label Text
Sides A and B: A woman holding a basket
A woman holds a basket full of wool on each side of this bottle. The sandals and alabastron that hang on the wall near the woman on this side indicate that the scene depicts the women’s living space. (Jessica Powers 2008)
A woman holds a basket full of wool on each side of this bottle. The sandals and alabastron that hang on the wall near the woman on this side indicate that the scene depicts the women’s living space. (Jessica Powers 2008)
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