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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Alabastron with Salamander and Hens
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Alabastron with Salamander and Hens

AAT Object Form/FunctionAlabastra
Place CreatedCorinth, Greece, Europe
Dateca. 610-600 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineLilly Foundation Study Collection
Dimensions4 x 2 5/16 in. (10.2 x 5.9 cm)
Object number1986.007
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987
Recent Acquisitions, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, July 14 - September 15, 1988
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 5, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
ProvenancePurchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities, Ltd.], New York, New York, May or June 1986.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art
© Estate of Will Barnet.  Image courtesy of G Ray Sullivan Jr.
Will Barnet
1948
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
625-600 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
700-600 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ca. 700-600 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
late 7th - early 6th Century BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ca. 600 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ca. 590-570 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
6th Century BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
590-570 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 620-550 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ca. 590-570 BCE