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Alabastron
Unknown4th - 1st century B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A small, core-formed alabastron of opaque black glass. It is decorated with yellow threads that have been combed. There is also a yellow thread around the edge of the rim which has been formed into a flat disk by spiraling a thread outward. There are two small loop handles, one at ninety degrees of the other. Chips are missing from the rim. Weathering has caused some iridescence.
Details
- Title: Alabastron
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 4th - 1st century B.C.
- Location Created: Workshop in the Mediterranean, perhaps Italy
- Physical Dimensions: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
- Type: Alabastron
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Glass
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2004.8
- Culture: Greek
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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