Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), ca. 510–500


Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), Archaic, ca. 510–500 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; white-ground, H. 7 1/8 in. ( cm), Vases, Two archers with dog hunting a feline. The archers in their oriental garb are connected with the Amazons who appear on white alabastra at the very end of the sixth century It is likely that the iconography evokes the exotic fragrance contained within the vase


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