Glass alabastron (perfume bottle), Hellenistic, 2nd–mid-1st century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass; core-formed, Group III, H.: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with one handle in dark almost opaque brownish purple and the other in opaque yellow; trails in opaque yellow and opaque white., Horizontal rim-disk with rounded edge and radiating tooling marks on upper surface; concave cylindrical neck; straight-sided fusiform body with rounded profile expanding downward, then tapering in to pointed bottom with undercurve flattened on one side; two horizontal lug handles applied at top of body over trails, the yellow one higher and more pronounced; small irregular blob of opaque white applied over trails and projecting from side slightly above point of greatest diameter
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Glass alabastron, perfume bottle, Hellenistic, 2nd–mid-1st century B.C, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass, core-formed, Group III, H, 4 3/8, 11.1 cm, Translucent cobalt, blue, handle, dark almost, opaque, brownish, purple, opaque yellow, trails, white, Horizontal rim-disk, rounded edge, radiating tooling, marks, upper surface, concave cylindrical, neck, straight-sided fusiform, body, profile, expanding, downward, tapering, pointed bottom, undercurve flattened, side, two horizontal, lug, handles, applied, top, yellow, higher, pronounced, small irregular, blob, projecting, side slightly, point, greatest diameter
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