Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase) - image 1

Classical

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

With a broad flat rim, pointed bottom and one small handle H. 4 1/4 x 1 5/16 in. (10.8 x 3.3 cm)

Date

599 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5112

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1647, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 537, p. 392, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.