Glass alabastron (perfumebottle)

Unknown

ca. 625–600 BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Coloress with pale greenish tinge. Rim with everted, beveled, horizontal lip; short, funnel-shaped neck; rounded shoulder; elongated ovoid body; round bottom; on upper body, two solid projecting, semicircular handles, tapering outward, carved from body of vessel. Broken and repaired with several areas of fill in body; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and small patches of thick, white weathering. The alabastron was cast and then ground to its present shape. The Phoenicians were probably important intermediaries in the introduction of glass objects and technology from the Near East and Egypt into Cyprus.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 625–600 BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Probably Phoenician

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76