Alabastron (perfume bottle) with a rooster
Probable place made:Corinth, Greece
Culture: Greek
Period: Middle Corinthian
Date: ca. 590-580 BC
Dimensions:
height: 7 15/16 in. (20.1 cm)
width: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
rim diameter: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 86.32.1
Provenance: sold by Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986
Published References
H.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picon, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., “Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art” (San Antonio, 1995) p. 57, no. 16
Label Text
A majestic red and black rooster nearly encircles this vase with his wings. Bottles in this shape were produced in large quantities in Corinth during the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. as containers for the scented oils and perfumes that the city exported around the Mediterranean.
(Jessica Powers, 2008)
(Jessica Powers, 2008)
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