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Handle-less Alabastron, with feather pattern decoration bulge at neck
Handle-less Alabastron, with feather pattern decoration bulge at neck
Object numberCC47.009

Handle-less Alabastron, with feather pattern decoration bulge at neck

Date3rd-1st c BCE
Artist (Eastern Mediterranean, NA)
CultureEastern Mediterranean
MediumGlass: sandcore-formed glass
DimensionsSight: 3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
On View
Not on view
Period3rd c / 1st c BCE (Hellenistic)
Classification(s)
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