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