Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)
Description: | The alabastron has two lugs above a short trapezoidal tab in low relief. The neck is short and the lip slightly convex. Overall: 7 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (19.7 x 9.5 x 8.9 cm) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 499 - 300 BC |
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.3, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1607, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 541, pp. 392-93, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5084 |