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Jar (pelike) with woman carrying oil flask (alabastron)
Attributed to: the Sabouroff Painter
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 465 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Lloyd E. Hawes
Accession Number60.1464
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSide A: Woman seated to right, holding wreath. Woman, veiled, standing at right extends right hand to her. Bobbin in field behind. Basket on ground between.
Side B: Woman standing to left, holding alabastron.
Ovolo pattern at neck; chevron groundline.
Black-glazed surface pitted and painted in.
Side B: Woman standing to left, holding alabastron.
Ovolo pattern at neck; chevron groundline.
Black-glazed surface pitted and painted in.
ProvenanceSaid to have been found at Nola in 1879; by date unknown: Dr. Lloyd E. Hawes Collection (bought in Boston); gift of Dr. Lloyd E. Hawes to MFA, December 14, 1960