Terracotta perfume flask in the shape of a shoe
Unknown
1st century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
The object consists of a small alabastron (perfume vase) that has been inserted into the opening of the shoe. The name inscribed on the side, Hekataiou, gives the name of the owner, a man named Hekataios.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1st century BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Lydian
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Gift of the American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926
