Detail View: The AMICA Library: Unguent Bottle: Alabastron

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1941.1099
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Nationality: 
European; Southern European; Mediterranean
Creator Dates/Places: 
Ancient Mediterranean Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean
Creator Name-CRT: 
Eastern Mediterranean
Title: 
Unguent Bottle: Alabastron
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
front view
Creation Date: 
Republican Period, 1st century B.C.
Creation Start Date: 
-100
Creation End Date: 
1
Materials and Techniques: 
Glass
Classification Term: 
Glass
Subject Description: 
These vessels of a variety of shapes are covered with a wavy pattern of narrow bands of sumptuous gold juxtaposed with bands of deep purples, blues, greens, and golden browns. Gold-band mosaic alabastra were sealed by tall, colored glass stoppers, which also fundtioned as applicators.
Creation Place: 
Mediterranean Sea,Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Dimensions: 
H.: 14 cm (5-1/2 in.)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1941.1099
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E28717.TIF