White-Ground Alabastron: An Altar Flanked by a Man and a Standing Youth
Datecirca 440 B.C.E.
MediumEarthenware with slip-painted and cold-painted decoration
DimensionsHeight: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Credit LineThe F.B. Tarbell Collection, Gift of E.P. Warren, 1902
Object number1967.115.355
Terms
- White-ground
- Greek
Object TypeCeramics
On View
Not on viewThe alabstron was used by women to contain perfumes or oils. The scene illustrated here is one of male courtship between a mature lover, or erastes, and a youth, or eromenos. The older man, characterized by his beard and walking stick, gazes intently at the younger one, who appears to be about to drop a flower onto the altar.
circa last quarter of 5th century B.C.E.
circa 5th - 1st century B.C.E.
2nd century B.C.E.
Peleus Painter
circa 435 - 425 B.C.E.
2nd century B.C.E.
Last half of 5th century B.C.E.
possibly 20th century reproduction cast from ancient mold
late 3rd - 2nd century B.C.E.
late 2nd - early 1st century B.C.E.
late 6th - early 5th century B.C.E.