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Oil flask (squat alabastron)

Oil flask (squat alabastron)

about 1550–1490 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 6 x 15 cm (2 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.); diameter of top: 7 cm.
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession number1995.831
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy the 1960s: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (acquired on the art market in Athens with a legal export permit); loaned to MFA by Mr. and Mrs. Vermeule, 11/12/1965 (loan no. 216.65); gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 29, 1996
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Mixing bowl (column krater) depicting Medea and Pelias
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the Aegisthus Painter
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Oil flask (lekythos) with the hunter Kephalos and his dog
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the Pan Painter
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Lamp-filler (guttus) in the form of a satyr
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second half of 4th century B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) with the departure of a warrior
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the Antimenes Painter
530–520 B.C.
Bucket (situla)
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the Varrese Painter
about 350–340 B.C.
Bottom of Vase
Cylindrical container (pyxis) and lid
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Oil flask (alabastron)
Oil flask (alabastron)
The Erlenmeyer Painter
about 600–575 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 72.1422, 1982.681
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about 1365–1200 B.C.