Unguent Bottle (Alabastron)
Unguent Bottle (Alabastron)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy
DateMid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
DimensionsH: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Max Diam of Body: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.108
Not on View
DescriptionMiniature alabastron. Golden-brown ground with opaque white decoration. Moderately broad horizontal rim-disk; cylindrical neck tapering downward; short but distinct right-angled shoulder, with a constriction at the neck; cylindrical body with upward taper; convex, almost pointed bottom. Below the shoulder, two vertical golden-brown ring handles. An unmarvered opaque white thread attached at the edge of the rim-disk; a second opaque white thread, partly marvered, begun on the shoulder and wound in a single horizontal wavy line, then tooled into a festoon pattern to the lower part of the body, where it is again wound in horizontal lines to the basal angle. Core-formed; applied rim-disk and handles; applied unmarvered and partly marvered threads.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, Cat. No. 140, p. 158-159, Repr. (col.) p. 102.
5th century BCE
late 6th through 5th century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
5th century BCE
6th-5th century BCE
5th century BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd century BCE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
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