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Glass alabastron (perfume bottle)

Glass alabastron (perfume bottle)

Glass alabastron (perfume bottle)

Glass alabastron (perfume bottle)

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Glass alabastron (perfume vase)

Period:
Archaic
Date:
ca. 625–600 B.C.
Culture:
Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
Medium:
Glass; cast and cut
Dimensions:
H. 7 in. (17.8 cm) diameter 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification:
Glass
Credit Line:
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:
74.51.312

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 174

  • Description

    Coloress with pale greenish tinge.
    Rim with everted, beveled, horizontal lip; short, funnel-shaped neck; rounded shoulder; elongated ovoid body; round bottom; on upper body, two solid projecting, semicircular handles, tapering outward, carved from body of vessel.
    Broken and repaired with several areas of fill in body; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and small patches of thick, white weathering.

    The alabastron was cast and then ground to its present shape. The Phoenicians were probably important intermediaries in the introduction of glass objects and technology from the Near East and Egypt into Cyprus.

  • Provenance

    From Cyprus

  • References

    Myres, J.L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 5065, p. 507 (illus. p. 505).

    Karageorghis, Vassos. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus. The Cesnola Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 309, p. 190.

    Lightfoot, Christopher S. with Elisabetta Valtz Fino. 2001. "Ars Vitraria: Glass in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 59(1): p. 19.

    Picón, Carlos A., et al. 2007. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 276, pp. 238, 460.

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