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Perfume Bottle

Place of OriginEgypt or Syria
Date13th century
DimensionsH: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Body Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumBlown and tooled glass, with applied marvered threads
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2206
Not on View
DescriptionPurple; applied opaque white decoration; offset rim; bulge in neck above juncture with body; four-sided body, narrowing toward bottom; decorated with opaque white trails applied and marvered in uneven pattern; loops on neck and rim not marvered.
Perfume Bottle
13th century
Perfume Bottle
13th century
Perfume Bottle
13th century
Perfume Bottle
13th century
Perfume Bottle
13th century
Unguent Bottle (Alabastron)
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
Unguent Bottle (Alabastron)
Mid-4th through early third centuries BCE
Perfume Bottle
13th century
Mid-fourth through early third centuries BCE

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