Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) late 6th–5th century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise , uneven horizontal rim-disk, with slightly raised edge around mouth; short cylindrical neck; narrow rounded shoulder; straight-sided cylindrical body, tapering upwards; convex bottom; two vertical ring handles with knobbed tails, applied over trail blue trail attached at edge of rim-disk; a yellow trail applied on underside of rim-disk and wound down in a spiral to middle of bod
Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) late 6th–5th century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise , uneven horizontal rim-disk, with slightly raised edge around mouth; short cylindrical neck; narrow rounded shoulder; straight-sided cylindrical body, tapering upwards; convex bottom; two vertical ring handles with knobbed tails, applied over trail blue trail attached at edge of rim-disk; a yellow trail applied on underside of rim-disk and wound down in a spiral to middle of body, then tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern; a turquoise blue trail is added, mingling with yellow; immediately below zigzag, another yellow trail and another turquoise blue trail are wound horizontally once around , except for weathered chip in rim-disk; body broken and repaired across handles with slight cracks and chips; dulling and milky iridescent Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 245452
Size: 4000px × 4000px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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