3-045-240 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Alabastron, 6th-4th century BC. Blue Perfume Flask with Zigzags. Additional Info: Core-formed, molten opaque turquoise glass alabastron with fine bands of alternating opaque reddish-brown and yellow glass trailed around the piece horizontally and combed vertically into a feathered and zig-zagged pattern. The outside edge of the lip is decorated with a thread of yellow glass. Two scroll handles in reddish/brown glass are attached to each side of the upper body.