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alabastron

Object NameCylindrical Alabastron
Made FromGlass
Date525-375 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
TechniqueCore formed
SizeOverall H: 12.2 cm, Diam: 3.4 cm
Accession Number2022.1.127
Credit LinePurchased with funds given by Robert B. Woodward
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCylindrical Alabastron. Opaque dark blue, light blue and white glass; core formed. Alabastron - dark blue, four lines of continuous chevrons in bluish green.
Provenance
Source Brooklyn Museum - 2022-09-16
Transcendence
Karina Malling
2016
fragment
1400-1085 BCE
inlay
25 BCE-99 CE
Whitefriars Inkwell
Whitefriars Glass Ltd.
about 1850-1860
Corning Glass Works, Fallbrook
about 1944-1946