Etruria, northern Italy, Etrusco-Corinthian, ca. 630 to 540 BCE. A tall and slender polychrome alabastron - used for holding perfumes and scented oils - with a planar base and a piriform body that rises to a flat rim with an applied handle. The body is decorated with a pair of thick, crimson-hued bands, each enclosed by two dark-brown bands, all atop a beige-hued ground. The slender neck displays a repeating decorative register of elongated tongues stemming from a thin upper stripe of brown, and both rim and handle are painted with a similar espresso hue. A nice example! Size: 6.125" H (15.6 cm).

Provenance: private Secaucus, New Jersey, USA collection

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#131342

Restoration and some overpainting to a few small sections of the body, with repairs to handle and portion of rim. Expected age-commensurate surface wear, nicks and chips across body, rim, and base, with fading and discoloration to pigmentation, otherwise very good. Nice earthen and mineral deposits throughout. Two old inventory stickers on base.