Glass alabastron (perfume bottle), 4th–3rd century


Glass alabastron (perfume bottle), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th–3rd century , Eastern Mediterranean or Italian, Glass; core-formed, Group II, H.: 1 in. ( cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow, opaque white, and opaque turquoise blue., Broad, slightly slanting and uneven horizontal rim-disk; tall cylindrical neck; narrow rounded shoulder; straight-sided cylindrical body, with slight upward taper; shallow convex bottom; below shoulder, two small lug handles applied over trail pattern, not placed directly opposite each other but both rather to one side


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