Alabastron | Yale University Art Gallery

6th–4th century B.C.

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos

Medium: Core-formed glass, dark bluish green with yellow and light blue decoration
Dimensions: 3 15/16 × 1 in. (10 × 2.6 cm)
Diameter with handes: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
Credit Line: The Anna Rosalie Mansfield Collection
Accession Number: 1930.378
Culture: Eastern Mediterranean or Egyptian
Period: Late Period, Dynasties (26–27?)
Classification: Containers
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Bibliography

Christie's London, London, Ancient Glass from the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, sale cat. (July 6, 2016), 6, no. 201, ill

Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 9, no. 24, ill

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alabastra

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