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Source Description
Before glassblowing was invented in about 50 BC, glass bottles were formed by winding molten glass around a mud or dung core much the way cotton candy is wrapped around a paper cone. Later, the core was scraped out leaving a hollow bottle to be filled with expensive perfumes or scented oils.
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Document identity
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157558
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Perfume Bottle (Alabastron)
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object
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157558
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object
title
Perfume Bottle (Alabastron)
description
Before glassblowing was invented in about 50 BC, glass bottles were formed by winding molten glass around a mud or dung core much the way cotton candy is wrapped around a paper cone. Later, the core was scraped out leaving a hollow bottle to be filled with expensive perfumes or scented oils.
date
c. 325–275 BCE
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CC0
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en
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Q79974031
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Glass
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1
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Diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.); Overall: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
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Italy or Eastern Mediterranean, Etruscan
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1994.9
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tec
glass
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Perfume Bottle (Alabastron), c. 325–275 BCE. Italy or Eastern Mediterranean, Etruscan. Glass; diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.); overall: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1994.9
collection
GR - Etruscan
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions to the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection,” August 26, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 08:11:50.759000
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157558
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Etruscan
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glass
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