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)
1st century B.C.
Late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
Late 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
about 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
probably mid-2nd to 1st century B.C.
1st century A.D.