Bottle
Item number Ce204 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Alabastron made of buff, fine-grained hard-fired clay. Thin, matte, black paint. Rounded bottom with slight tip in the centre; pyriform body with one small vertical handle attached below rim; broad everted rim. Decoration consists of a nine-petal rosette on the base centred on the bottom and horizontal bands on body. In the upper half is a stippled zone and immediately beneath the rim there are vertical strokes. Two concentric circles on top surface of rim.
Cultural Context
For storing oil.
Item History
- Made in Corinth, Greece during 601 BCE
- Collected between 1920 and 1930
- Owned by Stanley Casson
- Owned by Margaret Gregory before February 18, 1977
- Received from Margaret Gregory (Donor) on February 18, 1977
What
- Name
- Bottle
- Identification Number
- Ce204
- Type of Item
- bottle
- Material
- paint and clay
- Manufacturing Technique
- thrown, painted and fired
- Overall
- height 7.4 cm, diameter 3.8 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Corinth, Greece
Who
- Culture
- Greek
- Previous Owner
- Stanley Casson and Margaret Gregory
- Received from
- Margaret Gregory (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- during 601 BCE
- Collection Date
- between 1920 and 1930
- Ownership Date
- before February 18, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on February 18, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 96
- Accession Number
- 0360/0003
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