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Oil flask (alabastron)
Greek
Late Classiccal
4th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Pattern
Dimensions
10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson
Accession Number19.303
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 301.
DescriptionLip missing. Clay dull red. Decoration in black glaze and 'enamel' white. Black bands with white lines at edges divide body into 3 unequal zones, in each of which is an outline scale pattern, with white spot in each scale.