Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 4th–3rd century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean or Italian Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque horizontal rim-disk, made as a spiral coil around top of neck; cylindrical neck, tapering downwards; narrow, almost horizontal shoulder; straight-sided cylindrical body, with slight upward taper; faceted bottom ending in slight point; below shoulder, two small horizontal ring handles, only one of which is pierced through vertically, applied over trail fine yellow trail attached at edge of rim
Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 4th–3rd century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean or Italian Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque horizontal rim-disk, made as a spiral coil around top of neck; cylindrical neck, tapering downwards; narrow, almost horizontal shoulder; straight-sided cylindrical body, with slight upward taper; faceted bottom ending in slight point; below shoulder, two small horizontal ring handles, only one of which is pierced through vertically, applied over trail fine yellow trail attached at edge of rim-disk; on body, alternating bands of yellow and white, tooled from shoulder to undercurve at bottom into a close-set feather pattern in eight vertical patterns with alternating upward and downward strokes, with well-defined loops at top and ; dulling, pitting, and some creamy iridescent Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 250016
Size: 4000px × 4000px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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