Alabaster flask - image 1

Hellenistic

Alabaster flask

There was a long tradition of carving alabaster vessels in Cyprus, reflecting early Egyptian influence. This shape finds a parallel in core-formed glass alabastra, two examples of which are 91.1.1393 and 17.194.795. H. 7.29 cm.; Rim Diam. 3 1/2 in.

Date

350 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5114

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. 1638, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 374, p. 236, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 552, p. 396, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.