Glass alabastron (perfume bottle). Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean. Dimensions: Overall: 5 7/16 x 1 1/2in. (13.8 x 3.9cm). Date: 2nd-1st century B.C.. Translucent light blue with greenish tinge; opaque white trails; handles of indeterminate color (blue?). Uneven, coiled rim-disk with rounded outer lip; fusiform body, with uneven, misshapen sides, expanding downward, then tapering in to pointed bottom; two uneven lug handles applied at top of body over trail with horizontal tooling indents above and below. Trail applied unevenly around rim and trailed off below; another trail attached

Glass alabastron (perfume bottle). Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean. Dimensions: Overall: 5 7/16 x 1 1/2in. (13.8 x 3.9cm). Date: 2nd-1st century B.C..  Translucent light blue with greenish tinge; opaque white trails; handles of indeterminate color (blue?).  Uneven, coiled rim-disk with rounded outer lip; fusiform body, with uneven, misshapen sides, expanding downward, then tapering in to pointed bottom; two uneven lug handles applied at top of body over trail with horizontal tooling indents above and below.  Trail applied unevenly around rim and trailed off below; another trail attached  Stock Photo
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3981 x 3982 px | 33.7 x 33.7 cm | 13.3 x 13.3 inches | 300dpi

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Glass alabastron (perfume bottle). Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean. Dimensions: Overall: 5 7/16 x 1 1/2in. (13.8 x 3.9cm). Date: 2nd-1st century B.C.. Translucent light blue with greenish tinge; opaque white trails; handles of indeterminate color (blue?). Uneven, coiled rim-disk with rounded outer lip; fusiform body, with uneven, misshapen sides, expanding downward, then tapering in to pointed bottom; two uneven lug handles applied at top of body over trail with horizontal tooling indents above and below. Trail applied unevenly around rim and trailed off below; another trail attached near bottom, drawn up in a spiral to point of carination, tooled into an irregular feather pattern around side with six upward and five downward strokes, and wound round again in spiral ending below rim. Intact; many bubbles; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescence. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.