Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) late 6th–5th century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Opaque chocolate brown, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise horizontal rim-disk, with radiating tooling marks on upper surface and rough edge to mouth; off-center cylindrical neck, tapering downwards; narrow rounded shoulder; slightly convex sides to cylindrical body, tapering upwards; convex bottom; two large vertical ring handles with knobbed tails, applied over trail decoration; one tail longer than the and turquoise trails attached at top of
Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) late 6th–5th century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Opaque chocolate brown, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquoise horizontal rim-disk, with radiating tooling marks on upper surface and rough edge to mouth; off-center cylindrical neck, tapering downwards; narrow rounded shoulder; slightly convex sides to cylindrical body, tapering upwards; convex bottom; two large vertical ring handles with knobbed tails, applied over trail decoration; one tail longer than the and turquoise trails attached at top of body, wound down in a close-set spiral as alternating lines, tooled into a close-set zigzag pattern; yellow trail ending as a broad spiral on ; dulling and pitting, and thick creamy weathering with faint iridescence; weathering makes most of trails appear opaque Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 245454
Size: 4000px × 4000px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
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