ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Perfume Vessel (Amphoriskos)
AAT Object Form/FunctionAmphoriskoi
Place CreatedItaly, Europe
CultureGreek
PeriodLate Classical Period
Datelate 5th century BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions5 1/16 x 2 3/8 in. (12.9 x 6 cm)
Object number1966.305
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
ProvenancePurchased by Dr. Immanuel Ben-Dor (1901-1969) with museum funds from Giblin and Hirst, London, England, October 29, 1966.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
2100-1850 BCE
7th Century BCE
ca. 6th-5th Century BCE
2000-1600 BCE
2000-1600 BCE
ca. 2000-1750 BCE
after 1539 BCE
4th Century BCE
ca. 570 BCE
6th Century BCE