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Alabastron (perfume bottle)

Alabastron (perfume bottle)

Alabastron · 5th-3th century BCE
Alabstron (unguent bottle) with cobalt blue ground and opaque yellow and light blue trail in a feather decoration running spirally down the length of the body. Narrow rim disk with rounded edge; short cylindrical neck; rounded shoulder; cylindrical body tapering slightly inward at the bottom.

For similar vessels see:
M. Stern. Early Ancient Glass: The Toledo Museum. nos. 162-164.
Shape
Alabastron
Period
Classical period to Hellenistic
Date
5th-3th century BCE
Culture
Greek
Dimensions
H: 10.40 cm W: 2.80 cm
Medium
Glass
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1920.44.118
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)