Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 2nd–mid-1st century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trail in opaque irregular rim-disk with rounded edge and radiating tooling marks on upper surface; cylindrical neck, expanding downward; straight-sided fusiform body expanding downward, then tapering in to pointed bottom; two horizontal lug handles applied over trail at top of applied at bottom, wound upwards in a spiral to carination, tooled into a festoon around side, with twelve upward strokes, then wound again in a spir
Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 2nd–mid-1st century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trail in opaque irregular rim-disk with rounded edge and radiating tooling marks on upper surface; cylindrical neck, expanding downward; straight-sided fusiform body expanding downward, then tapering in to pointed bottom; two horizontal lug handles applied over trail at top of applied at bottom, wound upwards in a spiral to carination, tooled into a festoon around side, with twelve upward strokes, then wound again in a spiral up neck and partially around rim, and trailed off with backward swirl down , but one handle completely missing; dulling, pitting, and faint , with white wave pattern; two solid Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 249814
Size: 4000px × 4000px
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