Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)

Attributed to the Group of the Paidikos Alabastra

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156

Inscribed "Hipparchos is beautiful"

Decorated with a lovely pattern of diminishing palmettes, this vase may bear a tribute to Hipparchos, the son of the tyrant Peisistratos. Hipparchos was assassinated by two conspirators, Harmodios and Aristogeiton.

Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase), Attributed to the Group of the Paidikos Alabastra, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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