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Alabaster flask with stopper, Hellenistic Cypriot
Alabaster flask with stopper, Hellenistic Cypriot, c. 199–50 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.5110a, b.Open Access by the MET

Hellenistic

Alabaster flask with stopper

In the Hellenistic period stone and glass vessels shared many of the same shapes and uses. Some cast glass alabastra, for example, have stoppers that are similar to this alabaster flask. Glass, however, gradually came to supplant the use of stone for such perfume bottles during the first century B.C. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 3 7/16 in., 0.5 lb. (8.8 cm, 0.2 kg)

Classification

Object type
Stone vessel
Shape
Flask
Material
StoneCalcite (alabaster)
Period
Hellenistic and RomanHellenistic
Date
199 - 50 BC
Place of production
Cyprus

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Provenance

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1633, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 551, p. 396, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.5110a, b, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 1633
  • Hermary 2013, no. 551

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