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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.
Alabastron
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.

Alabastron

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureEastern Mediterranean
Date6th-4th century BCE
MediumCore-formed glass
DimensionsHeight: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
InscribedPaper sticker on wooden bottom: "Greek FBMOA4/MYYY".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6740
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 1
DescriptionAlabastron of cored opaque white glass. With spiral and zigzag threads of red-brown. Black appearing rim border and a pair of small white handles with trailing ends. Installed on a wood base with metal back support with pincer around neck to hold piece.

Label TextEastern Mediterranean, possibly the Island of Rhodes Alabastron (Bottle), late 6th-5th century B.C. Core-formed glass; applied rim and handles Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6740 Published ReferencesJ.M. Eisenberg, _Art of the Ancient World_, Vol.. I, pg. 25, #51, "Eastern Mediterranean 4th-3rd Cent. B.C.". Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from The Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), p. 34-35.
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Unknown
Alabastron
2nd century B.C.
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Alabastron
Mid 4th - early 3rd century B.C.
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Unknown
Aryballos
499-450 B.C
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Unknown
Amphoriskos
2nd - mid 1st century B.C.
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Unknown
Amphoriskos
2nd century B.C.
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Unknown
Amphoriskos
199 - 1 B.C.
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Fusiform Alabastron
2nd Century BC-1st Century BC
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Unknown
Aryballos
2nd century B.C.
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Unknown
Oinochoe
499-450 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amphoriskos
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amphoriskos
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Bottle
4TH CENTURY BC - 3rd CENTURY BC
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