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Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)
Ancient Eastern Mediterranean · Early 2nd-1st century BCE
Provenance
Ownership history
- Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, by 1931; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1941.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 152, November 11, 2012 - present.
Literature
Published references
- Wanda Odell, "Ancient Glass: The Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Robinson Collection, Gallery 5A, The Art Institute of Chicago," 1940, unpublished catalogue in curatorial object file, Art Institute of Chicago.
- Kurt T. Luckner, "Ancient Art at The Art Institute of Chicago," The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 20, 1 (1994), pp. 83, 86 (ill. p 87).
- Sidney Goldstein, “Cat. 73 Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil): Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
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