Glass alabastron (perfume bottle)

Period:
Classical
Date:
late 6th–5th century B.C.
Culture:
Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
Medium:
Glass; core-formed, Group I
Dimensions:
H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Classification:
Glass
Credit Line:
Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession Number:
91.1.1380
  • Description

    Opaque dark red brown, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise blue.
    Broad horizontal rim-disk with beveled edge; short cylindrical neck, tapering upwards; narrow rounded shoulder; straight-sided cylindrical body, tapering upwards; convex bottom; two large vertical ring handles with knobbed tails, applied over trail decoration; one longer than the other.
    Intermingled yellow and turquoise blue trails attached at edge of rim-disk; a large yellow trail applied unevenly to neck together with a turquoise trail, overlaid on the yellow; both wound in a close-set spiral around body to bottom; yellow trail ending in a swirl on bottom; one small unmarvered blob of red brown on side near handle.
    Intact, except for one small chip in underside of rim-disk; some deep weathering of trails on body; dulling and pitting, but very little iridescence.

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