Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Unknown

ca. 440–430 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Two women The women are shown in the domestic quarters, indicated by the casket and the kalathos (wool basket) between them. This is a simple object but just what an Athenian woman would have used in life and received as an offering in her grave.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 440–430 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906