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Vase in the Form of a Hedgehog

Vase in the Form of a Hedgehog

Unknown

Perfume or oil was poured into a low mouth with a small strap handle on the hedgehog’s back. The vase was hand-molded and covered with the blue-green glasslike glaze. Hedgehogs were common in ancient households to protect against destructive insects or vermin.
Artist
Unknown (Greek)
Title
Vase in the Form of a Hedgehog
Date
6th century B.C.E.
Medium
Faience with glaze
Dimensions
2 5/16 x 2 1/4 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Bruce and Ingrid McAlpine
Accession No.
1979.1119
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Greece

Related

10 July 1979, gifted by dealers Bruce and Ingrid McAlpine (London, England) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 34, no. 12
  • Biers, William. "Ancient Figure Vases in the Elvehjem." Bulletin/Annual Report 1987-1988, Elvehjem Museum of Art (1988): 12-17. pp. 12-17
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin 1978-1980." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1980. p. 82, no. 82
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin/Annual Report 1987-1988." Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1989 p. 12

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