Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

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