Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)
Description: | The alabastron has small pierced vertical lugs, a narrow neck, and a ring-shaped lip. H. 8 3/16in. (20.8cm); Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 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. 1608, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 527, p. 389, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5089 |