Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Description:

The globular flask has two rounded lugs, a squat wide neck, and a convex rim.


H. 2 1/2 (6.4 cm); Diam. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 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. 1640, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 525, p. 389, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5141