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 viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
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
600–575 B.C.
A.D. 200–250
about 550 B.C.
second half of 4th century B.C.
1st to 2nd century A.D.
760–740 B.C.
