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Oil flask (alabastron)

Oil flask (alabastron)

about 600–575 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Place of ManufactureCorinth, Corinthia, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic
DimensionsHeight: 22 cm (8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Messrs. Robert E. Hecht, Jr. and George Allen
Accession number60.1465
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr. and George Allen (said by the donors to be from Etruria); gift of Messrs. Robert E. Hecht, Jr. and George Allen to MFA, December 14, 1960
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