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)
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creation date:			c. 325-275 BC
creation date earliest:		325
creation date latest:		275
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy or Eastern Mediterranean, Etruscan, 4th-3rd Century BC
technique:	glass
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Etruscan
type:		Glass
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measurements: Diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.); Overall: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions to the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection,” August 26, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr3900/page/n1

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