Glass unguentarium (perfume bottle). Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean. Dimensions: Overall: 3 3/8 x 1 3/8in. (8.6 x 3.5cm). Date: 3rd century B.C..Translucent cobalt blue, with opaque yellow and white trails.Everted, horizontal rim disk with rounded outer lip; tall cylindrical neck; narrow, curving shoulder; ovoid body, tapering downwards; tall, applied foot, with concave sides expanding outward to rounded lip around bottom; flat but slightly uneven bottom with kick at center.White trail applied on shoulder and wound twice around base of neck, then in spiral down side of body, ending above foot; yellow trail applied over white, starting on neck and wound around twice, then drawn across shoulder and in spiral down body, and trailed off upwards again, ending midway up body; top of body tooled into numerous shallow, vertical ridges, creating a narrow band of zigzags in trails.Intact; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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