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Oil flask (alabastron)
Greek, East Greek
Late Archaic or Classical Period
about 5th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Probably Rhodes; Findspot: Anatolia (Turkey), Troad, Assos (Behramkale), Necropolis
Medium/Technique
Glass, core-formed with applied decoration
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 11 x 3.1 cm (4 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession Number84.15
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Ancient Glass (MFA), no. 04.
DescriptionBroad horizontal rim disk; short cylindrical neck; rounded shoulder; straight sides expanding slightly toward the bottom; two small ring handles with knobbed tails on upper body; rounded base. Blue with trails of light blue and yellow. Intact.
ProvenanceFrom Assos (Behramkale, Turkey); necropolis. 188?: excavated by the Archaeological Institute of America; gift of the Archaeological Institute of America to MFA, January 15, 1884.