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Alabastron
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Ovoid vessel with everted, slightly concave mouth on slender neck with ring as a connection point for string, allowing object to hang from hook. Surface decorated with band and lines at base, quatrefoil palmettes on front with dots and blob rosettes. Bird on back with different sized blob rosettes and dots.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineAlabastron. 1st half 6th century B.C. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, William A. Clark Collection. CC0.
