Glass alabastron (perfume bottle), late 4th–early 3rd century
Glass alabastron (perfume bottle), Hellenistic, late 4th–early 3rd century , Eastern Mediterranean or Italian, Glass; core-formed, Group II, H. 6 7/8 in. ( cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow, opaque white, and opaque turquoise blue. Broad slightly uneven rim-disk, made as a spiral coil around top of neck; cylindrical neck, tapering downwards; narrow angular shoulder; straight-sided cylindrical body, with slight upward taper; convex lop-sided bottom; on upper body, two vertical ring handles, with short pointed trails, applied over trail pattern, one slightly higher than the other
Size: 4240px × 4240px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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