Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Description:

There are two lugs on the body and a wide, slightly convex lip.


H. 5 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. (13.7 x 4.8 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

599 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1615, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 532, p. 390, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5102