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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Bottle
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Bottle

CultureEastern Mediterranean
Date4TH CENTURY BC - 3rd CENTURY BC
MediumCore-formed glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.2341
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 1
DescriptionCore-formed, cylindrical manipulated with narrow flat rim and pair of slight bulges a third down from rim to simulate handles, medium blue with white and yellow threading irregularly zigzag combed. Many mended breaks; some pitting and weathering.

Label TextAlabastron (Unguent Bottle) Mediterranean Group 2 Eastern Mediterranean or Italian Mid-4th- early 3rd century B.C. Core-formed glass with marvered trails tooled into an irregular zigzag pattern, applied rim and lugs. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 0.2341 (GAnE 72.1)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Mid 4th - early 3rd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd - mid 1st century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
2nd Century BC-1st Century BC
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
499-450 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
199 - 1 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
599-400 B.C.