Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 5th century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Uncertain, appearing opaque black, with handles in same color; trails in opaque turquoise horizontal rim-disk with rounded, raised lip around mouth; slanting cylindrical neck, tapering downwards; narrow rounded shoulder; straight-sided cylindrical body; lopsided convex bottom; two large vertical ring handles with knobbed tails, applied over trail decoration; one longer than the trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another trail applied to top of body, wound in a close-set, regular spiral down body
Glass alabastron (perfume bottle) 5th century Greek, Eastern Mediterranean Uncertain, appearing opaque black, with handles in same color; trails in opaque turquoise horizontal rim-disk with rounded, raised lip around mouth; slanting cylindrical neck, tapering downwards; narrow rounded shoulder; straight-sided cylindrical body; lopsided convex bottom; two large vertical ring handles with knobbed tails, applied over trail decoration; one longer than the trail attached at edge of rim-disk; another trail applied to top of body, wound in a close-set, regular spiral down body, ending around ; some limy encrustation down one side, and rest covered with iridescent creamy white Glass alabastron (perfume bottle). Greek, Eastern Mediterranean. 5th century Glass; core-formed, Group I. Classical. Glass
Size: 3000px × 4000px
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