Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase) - image 1

Archaic II

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

The body is extremely globular. The absence of the foot, the out-turned lip, and the two small lugs associate the vase with a series of globular alabastra. H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)

Date

599 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5091

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1625, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 524, p. 388, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.