perfume bottle

Object NamePerfume Bottles (Alabastra)

Made FromGlass

Date599-400 BCE

Place MadeEastern Mediterranean

Techniquemold-blown, applied

SizeOverall H: 9.4 cm; Rim Diam: 3.5 cm; Body Diam: 3.5 cm

Accession Number79.1.79

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

On ViewAncient Gallery

Physical DescriptionPerfume Bottles (Alabastra). Very pale green transparent; blue translucent; mold-blown (parison inflated in dip mold), applied. Beaker with disk-shaped foot. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall tapers slightly with concave profile, then straightens near bottom and curves in to narrow constriction at junction with foot; foot folded to form disk with tubular edge and pushed in at center, making small dome on interior; pontil mark. Wall is covered from top to near bottom with shallow ribs, which spiral down from left to right. Single trail dropped onto rim and wound nine and one-half times around top 2.2 cm of wall.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979-03-25