Alabaster alabastron (perfume vase), Archaic, early 6th century B.C., Etruscan, Alabaster, H.: 14 in. (35.6 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, Cut from one piece of stone, the vase consists of the container, in the form of a woman holding a lotos flower, and a base embellished with four female heads. The work is an Etruscan response to perfume flasks with the busts of women that originated in the Near East and spawned adaptations in Cyprus, East Greece, and Etruria
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Alabaster alabastron, perfume vase, Archaic, early 6th century B.C, Etruscan, Alabaster, H, 14, 35.6 cm, Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, Cut, piece, stone, vase consists, container, form, woman holding, lotos flower, base embellished, four female heads, work, Etruscan response, flasks, busts, women, originated, East, spawned adaptations, Cyprus, East Greece, Etruria
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