58 - PAIR OF ALABASTRONS

PAIR OF ALABASTRONS Terracotta Etruscan-Corinthian, 6th century B.C. Pear-shaped body with a rounded base, short neck topped by a flat disc-shaped rim, and a small perforated tenon handle below the rim. Decor painted in brown-black on a light background, accented with purple: radiating tongues on the shoulder and bands of rows of dots separated by horizontal bands. The alabastron on the left features a single band of dots and a rim decorated with concentric circles; the one on the right, which is slightly taller, has two such bands. For alabastra with comparable dot decoration, see H. Payne, *Necrocorinthia*, Oxford, 1931, and J.G. Szilágyi, *Ceramica etrusco-corinzia figurata*, Florence, 1992–1998. Provenance Gallery in Cannes, acquired on November 11, 1999. Pair of Etrusco-Corinthian alabastra Each with a pear-shaped body and rounded base, a short neck and flat disc mouth, and a small pierced lug handle below the lip. Painted in brown-black on a pale ground with added purple, featuring rays on the shoulder and zones of rows of dots between horizontal bands. The left alabastron has a single dotted zone and a rim decorated with concentric circles; the right one, slightly taller, has two. For comparable dotted alabastra, see H. Payne, *Necrocorinthia*, Oxford, 1931, and J.G. Szilágyi, *Ceramica etrusco-corinzia figurata*, Florence, 1992–1998.