Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase), Archaic II Cypriot flask

Archaic II

Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase)

The alabastron is particularly large in size. The two vertical lugs are pierced. The neck is short, with a slightly thickened lip. H. 10 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (26 x 5.4 cm)

Date

599 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5124

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1609, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 310, pp. 190-1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 276, pp. 238, 460, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 538, p. 392, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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