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Oil flask (alabastron) with two cocks and snake
Greek
Archaic Period, Transitional Corinthian
630-615 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth
Medium/Technique
painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 8.4 cm.
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number91.210
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 450.
DescriptionPerfume jar (alabastron) decorated with two cocks face to face with writhing serpent between them; eight rosettes in the field; intact. Said to be from Rhodes.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Henry Baylies (according to MFA Register of Pottery; from Rhodes); purchased by MFA from Henry Baylies, October 15, 1891