alabastron

Object NameAlabastron

Made FromGlass

Date275-25 BCE

Place MadeEastern Mediterranean

Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled, marvered

SizeOverall H: 13.2 cm; Body Diam: 3.6 cm

Accession Number74.1.19

Credit LineGift of Mr. Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent grey blue glass bubbly with much white stone, trails opaque yellow; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Flared horizontal rim with applied yellow trail marvered in, short cylindrical neck, wall spreads out into fusiform body with rounded base, horizontal handles applied at shoulder; yellow trail spirals down neck to body where it is dragged up and down into a festoon pattern, below greatest diameter it continues to spiral to base, all marvered in.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1974