Alabastron, Perfume Bottle

CultureGreek
Titles
  • Alabastron, Perfume Bottle
Date300 BC–100 AD
MediumEgyptian alabaster, probably calcite
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 2 5/8 in. (15.6 × 6.7 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number34.142
Not on view

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Department
Antiquities
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1934; given to MFAH, 1934.
Exhibition History"Containers and Vessels" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 1989–January 1990. Subsequent tour.

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Vase
2340–2181 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.64
Mortar
1550–1069 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.66.1
Vase
2890–2613 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.63
Head Rest Stem
1550–1069 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.66.2
Plate
2345–2181 BC
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.67
Alabastron
500–400 BC
Alabaster
2000.242
Vessel
No date
Alabaster
97.719.5
Vessel
No date
Alabaster
97.719.4
Vessel
No date
Alabaster
97.719.7
Vessel
No date
Alabaster
97.719.8
Bust of Serapis
100–150 AD
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
31.111
Hydria
300–200 BC
Alabaster
37.27.A,.B