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Oil flask (alabastron)
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
6th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
6 x 9.4 cm (2 3/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of H. P. Kidder
Accession Number80.583
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 508.
DescriptionOintment bottle in the form of a hedgehog. The body is covered with brown dots to indicate quills, and the left ear is perforated.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: H. P. Kidder Collection; gift of H. P. Kidder to MFA, October 21, 1880