Unguent Bottle (Alabastron)
Unguent Bottle (Alabastron)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy
DateMid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
DimensionsH: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); Max Diam of Body: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.164
Not on View
DescriptionAlabastron. Dark blue ground with numerous white speckles, with opaque white and opaque yellow decoration. Moderately broad, horizontal but uneven rim-disk with a rounded edge; cylindrical neck with upward taper; round-angled vestigial shoulder; uneven cylindrical body, expanding at the middle; convex bottom, flat on one side. Above the middle of the body, two small dark blue lugs, both drawn out from the side, one with a depression on its upper surface, the other irregularly shaped. A marvered opaque yellow thread attached vertically at the top of the neck, where it is joined by a marvered opaque white thread mingling with it in alternating bands, at first in horizontal lines around the shoulder and upper body, then tooled into a highly irregular, shallow zigzag pattern, extending to the basal angle; below this, the opaque yellow thread continues in a wavy line. Core-formed; applied rim-disk; applied 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. 131, p. 156, Repr. (col.) p. 102.
Mid-fourth through early third centuries BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
4th-3rd century BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
4th-3rd century BCE
5th century BCE
Mid-4th to early 3rd century BCE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
4th-3rd century BCE
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