Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), ca. 440–430


Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), Classical, ca. 440–430 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground, H.: 6 3/4 in. ( cm), Vases, Two women. The women are shown in the domestic quarters, indicated by the casket and the kalathos (wool basket) between them. This is a simple object but just what an Athenian woman would have used in life and received as an offering in her grave


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