Classical
Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)
The slender alabastron has two vertical lugs and a convex lip. H. 11 x 3 3/4 in. (27.9 x 9.5 cm)
Date
599 - 300 BC
Accession No.
74.51.5120
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.4, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1602, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 540, pp. 392-93, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.