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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3305, described as Boeotian black-figure alabastron; put together from four fragments; brownish clay; black paint, partly fired red; body, between diced borders, two swans facing each other, rosette filling ornaments; on neck tongues; on rim dots; on mouth rosette; underneath rosette with central depression.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3365, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; approximately ⅓ of mouth missing, bottom broken in several places and repaired; surface partly worn; added red paint; on body: 2 lions with hare in between, incised rosettes; underneath, rosette with central hollow; on neck, red and black tongues; on rim, dots; on mouth, red and black tongues.
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3371, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; paint worn in parts; added purple-red color; on body: bird between 2 lions, incised filling rosettes; under vase, rosette with central depression; on mouth and neck, red and black tongues; dots on rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3301, described as Boeotian black-figure alabastron; put together from large fragments, mouth alien (Corinthian) but ancient; clay warm brown, of mouth white; A, male siren to left; B, lotus; sparse filling ornament; main frieze framed by rosette frieze and dicing; on neck tongues; underneath rosette with central hollow.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3370, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; complete; approximately top half broken off and repaired; small piece missing in crack; paint worn; remains of red paint on lions and eagle; on body: eagle flying to left between 2 confronted lions; incised rosettes in field; rosette on base; on mouth and neck, tongues; on rim, dots.
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-521, described as Long alabastron
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3364, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact, save for large chip in mouth; on body: 5 horizontal stripes (each with one or more red lines painted on black) and 2 rows of dicing; below this, 2-1-2 lines; on neck, tongues; on top of mouth, 2 black rings; on rim, red paint.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-351, described as Terracotta flask, demon & harpy; Corinthian black-figure alabastron; put together from fragments, some restoration in plaster; glaze fired coppery red; main frieze: Boread in Knielauf pose; siren with polos; thick filling ornament; above and below main frieze, 3 horizontals; underneath, rosette of 28 leaves; on shoulder, tongues; dots on rim; rosette on top of mouth.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-6548, described as Corinthian black figured alabastron; mouthpiece ancient but alien; black glaze fired tan; two lions confronted, with heads turned back; incised rosettes in field; tongues in shoulder; rosette on bottom; rings on top and edge of mouth; original part of handle preserves glaze on back.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3358, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact; added red on avians; on body, cock and owl confronted, incised rosettes; under vase, rosette; on neck, tongues; on rim, dots; on mouth, alternately red and black tongues.

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