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Object NamePerfume Bottle (Alabastron)
Made FromGlass
Date799-600 BCE
Place MadeMesopotamia (Iran)
TechniqueCore-formed, tooled, trail-decorated
SizeOverall H: 16.8 cm, D: 4.8 cm
Accession Number59.1.65
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent yellow or olive green glass now weathered to grey- brown, limey accretion adhering to surface, trails of opaque white glass now weathered to a buff or off-white; core-formed, tooled and trail decorated. Rounded thickened rim on cylindrical neck spreads out to form angular shoulder and down into long cylindrical body which tapers to a rounded point; two "duck head" handles applied at shoulder with loops at top for suspension; starting at rim, a single trail is applied and left in relief, trailed on the neck six times, twice on the shoulder and around the body fifty-five times, terminating in a thick trail at the base; the body has been ribbed with a sharp point which has created over thirty vertical furrows but has not moved the opaque white trails into the characteristic feathered or festooned pattern.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
150-1 BCE
499-300 BCE
1400-1360 BCE
probably 1400-1300 BCE
1400-1360 BCE
1400-1295 BCE
