Accession No

1923.721.1


Description

A small polychrome vase for perfume or unguents shaped like an amphorae. Made from vitreous paste, glass, and elaborately decorated. One of the handles is broken.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus; Amathus


Period

?Iron Age ?Graeco - Phonician c. 2nd - 1st century BC


Source

Ransom, William [collector]; Ransom, Francis [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1923.721.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Vitreous Paste; Glass


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Note in another hand on back of card reads: 'c. Late 6th - 5th century BC, except one, from Amathos, c. 2nd - 1st Century BC'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Analysis)
Compare Kisa, das Glas, fig 5, Egyptian 18th Dynasty.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
Bears the provenance 'AMATHUS'.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1923.721[.1-5]: 'Five small polychrome vases for perfume or unguents shaped like amphorae, of vitreous paste, elaborately decorated.'
Event Date 1923
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A small polychrome vase for perfume or unguents shaped like an amphorae. Made from vitreous paste, glass, and elaborately decorated. One of the handles is broken.
Event Date 29/7/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:49737

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