Unknown Greek
Alabastron, perfume bottle, with Boreas, God of the North Wind

CultureGreek (Corinthian)
Titles
  • Alabastron, perfume bottle, with Boreas, God of the North Wind
Datec.570–540 BC
Made inCorinth, Greece
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (24.1 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.18
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens, by 1935]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, 1935–1937; given to MFAH, 1937.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, Tex., October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Tex., February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Tex., May 16–July 11, 1971.

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