Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
Upper frieze, Herakles and centaurs
Lower frieze, flutist leading procession of women
The upper frieze, depicting Herakles in the company of three centaurs, is perhaps a reference to the story of the Greek hero's battle with Pholos and his fellow centaurs. The scene below has no obvious narrative connection to that one. This shape, frequently made of alabaster and copied by Corinthian potters, is rare with Etruscan potters working in Southern Etruria.
Lower frieze, flutist leading procession of women
The upper frieze, depicting Herakles in the company of three centaurs, is perhaps a reference to the story of the Greek hero's battle with Pholos and his fellow centaurs. The scene below has no obvious narrative connection to that one. This shape, frequently made of alabaster and copied by Corinthian potters, is rare with Etruscan potters working in Southern Etruria.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 6th century BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure, Caeretan
- Dimensions: H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fried Gift, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.11.7
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek
ca. 750 BCE
Greek, Corinthian
575–550 BCE
Etruscan, Etrusco-Corinthian
ca. 600 BCE
Roman
1st century CE
East Greek
mid-6th century BCE
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