Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Description:

The pear-shaped alabastron has small lugs, one placed higher than the other. The neck is narrow, the lip convex.


H. 6 3/8; Diam. 3 in. (16.2 x 7.6 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

599 - 400 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1605, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 528, p. 528, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5092