Black-on-red ware amphoriskos (perfume bottle)

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photograph by Da…
Black-on-red ware amphoriskos (perfume bottle)
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photograph by David Revette
Date8th century BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall (Height): 4 5/16 in. (11 cm) Rim (Diam.): 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) Diameter (Max.): 3 in. (7.6 cm) Base (Diam.): 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.3
Not on view
DescriptionFour sets of concentric circles on shoulder. Cypriot Black-on-Red Ware I.
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Alternate Titles Cypriot black-on-red ware amphoriskos
Perfume bottle with bands and concentric circles
Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - (no cat.).

1987
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Vases from the Hamilton College Collection and the J. Paul Getty Museum," March 14 - May 1, 1987 (cat. no. 3).
Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess.
Published References ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1987), 15.
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