Oil flask (alabastron)
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueGlass, core-formed with applied decoration
DimensionsHeight: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Thomas Gaffield
Accession number86.55
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ProvenanceAccording to MFA file card: from Teanakaleh, mouth of Dardanelles; by date unknown: Thomas Gaffield Collection; gift of Thomas Gaffield to MFA, April 9, 1886.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
about 5th century B.C.
mid-4th–late 3rd century B.C.
about 500–475 B.C.
about 350–250 B.C.
2nd–1st century B.C.
mid-2nd–1st century B.C.
mid-2nd–1st century B.C.
late 6th–5th century B.C.
5th–early 4th century B.C.