Large greek alabaster Alabastron
€1,850
available
Object number
AR3012
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Alabastron (tall perfume vessel)
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| Material: |
Calcite (alabaster)
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| Date: |
6th - 5th century B.C. Probably Cypriot |
| Description: |
Cylindrical body with drill hole in the middle, flattened conical base, disk-shaped mouth with profiled edge overhanging the body. Two small lug handles on the shoulder.
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| Size: |
Height 205 mm, diameter 539 mm
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| Condition: |
Very well preserved, chips at rim, otherwise undamaged.
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| References: |
A. Hermary and J. R. Mertens, The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013) no. 522 (limestone); 547; 532; 533;
J. Webb, Cypriote Antiquities in the Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney (2001) S. 123 Nr. 346 (limestone) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Accession Number 74.51.5106 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2020 from a Swiss auction house. Previously in the possession of Galerie Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, Switzerland. Ex Drouot, Paris, 2015 auction. From the estate of Wladimir Rosenbaum (1894 to 1984), Galleria Serodine S.A. in Ascona, Switzerland.
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| Authenticity: |
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