Object Image

Alabaster pointed alabastron

The vase has no neck and could not have stood unsupported.

Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

c. 1600-1050 B.C.
Calcite (alabaster)
13.7 x 5.7cm
74.51.5098
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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