Unguent Bottle (Alabastron)
Unguent Bottle (Alabastron)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, possibly from Rhodes
Date5th century BCE
DimensionsH: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Max Diam of Body: 1 in. (2.6 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.145
Not on View
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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. 91, pp. 141-142.- Glass
5th century BCE
5th century BCE
5th century BCE
5th century BCE
5th century BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
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