id: 157558 accession number: 1994.9 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.9 updated: 2020-11-04 21:38:23.513000 Perfume Bottle (Alabastron), c. 325-275 BC. Italy or Eastern Mediterranean, Etruscan, 4th-3rd Century BC. Glass; diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.); overall: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1994.9 title: Perfume Bottle (Alabastron) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 325-275 BC creation date earliest: 325 creation date latest: 275 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy or Eastern Mediterranean, Etruscan, 4th-3rd Century BC technique: glass department: Greek and Roman Art collection: GR - Etruscan type: Glass find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.); Overall: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Before glassblowing was invented in about 50 BC, glass bottles were formed by winding molten glass around a mud or dung core much the way cotton candy is wrapped around a paper cone. Later, the core was scraped out leaving a hollow bottle to be filled with expensive perfumes or scented oils. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions to the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection,” August 26, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr3900/page/n1 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.9/1994.9_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.9/1994.9_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.9/1994.9_full.tif