Oil flask (alabastron)
1st century B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueGlass, cast, gold-band mosaic
DimensionsHeight 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.939
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Count Michel Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 60 (Palestrina); 1898: with Edward Perry Warren; 1898:purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for
$ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
$ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
about 1916–18
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-late 18th century
mid to late 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Early 19th century
15th century
Early 19th century