COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
BMFA.98.938
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Name-CRT:
Artist not recorded
Title:
Alabastron (perfume bottle)
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.
Creation Start Date:
-99
Creation End Date:
99
Materials and Techniques:
Glass, Cast (using lengths of cane possibly around a rod or core) gold-band mosaic; rotary finished.
Style or Period:
Imperial Period
Creation Place:
Italy or Alexandria
Dimensions:
Height: 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.)
AMICA Contributor:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Owner Location:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ID Number:
98.938
Credit Line:
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Related Image Identifier Link:
BMFA.47-15.tif
