Unguent bottle (Alabastron)
Unguent bottle (Alabastron)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, possibly from Rhodes
DateLate 6th -early 5th century BCE
DimensionsH: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
MediumCore-formed glass; applied rim-disk and handles; applied marvered and unmarvered threads; distinct tooling marks at the junction of the rim and neck.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.341
Not on View
DescriptionThis small glass bottle is made of dark blue glass with applied white and yellow decoration. Two small blue handles are attached below the shoulder. A yellow thread is applied at the rim, and a white thread is tooled into an inverted festoon pattern on the body.
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. 93, p. 142, repr. (col.) p. 98.Late 6th - 5th century BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
5th century BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Mid-4th through early third centuries BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Mid-4th to early 3rd century BCE
3rd through 2nd century BCE
3rd century BCE
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