Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)
Description: | The alabastron has a pear-shaped profile, two salient lugs, a flaring neck, and an out-turned lip. H. 6 7/8 ; Diam. 2 7/8 in. (17.5 x 7.3 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. 1619, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 526, p. 389, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.5086 |