Classical

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

The alabastron has two vertical pierced lugs above a short trapezoidal tab in low relief. The neck is short and the lip convex. H. 10 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (27.3 x 6.5 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone vessel
Shape: BottleAlabastron
Material: StoneCalcite (alabaster)
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 499 - 300 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Amathus

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Accession No.

74.51.5125

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

“From Amathus”

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CX.6, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1603, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 543, p. 393, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.