Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

Description:

The elongated alabastron has two vertical lugs above a short trapezoidal tab in low relief. The neck flares out. The lip is convex.


H. 6 9/16 x 2 in. (16.7 x 5.1 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1620, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 544, p. 394, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5096