Art Institute of Chicago
Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Attributed to the Diosphos PainterLinkedCulture matchlcp-dca57ad87aee
- Date
- about 500-480 BCE
- Medium
- terracotta, black-figure on white ground
- Culture
- Athens
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 87652
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Vessels of this shape were made over the course of hundreds of years and from a variety of materials. The shape may have originated in Egypt and taken its name from the word alabaster, but it was readily replicated in other materials, including terracotta and glass. The broad rim functioned as an applicator for spreading its contents, usually precious oils or perfumes.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through the Antiquarian Society
- Provenance
- Alphonse van Branteghem, Brussels; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 30-June 1, 1892, lot 156, to Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1907.
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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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