Alabastron, cylindrical belly, 4th–3rd century BC, vessel alabastron, height 17.4 cm, width 4.4 cm, A tall narrow vessel with a flared rim and small loop handles, primarily dark blue to black in color, decorated with flowing, featherlike vertical patterns in yellow and pale blue, with areas of lighter beige where the surface shows wear; the rim has a thin yellow edge, the neck is plain dark, and the patterned body tapers to a rounded base.
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Alabastron, cylindrical belly, 4th–3rd century BC, vessel alabastron, height 17.4 cm, width 4.4 cm, A tall narrow vessel with a flared rim and small loop handles, primarily dark blue to black in color, decorated with flowing, featherlike vertical patterns in yellow and pale blue, with areas of lighter beige where the surface shows wear; the rim has a thin yellow edge, the neck is plain dark, and the patterned body tapers to a rounded base.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A18_395

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Alabastron cylindrical belly 4th–3rd century BC vessel alabastron height 17.4 cm width 4.4 cm tall narrow vessel flared rim small loop handles primarily dark blue black color decorated flowing featherlike vertical patterns yellow pale blue areas lighter beige surface wear rim thin yellow edge neck plain dark patterned body tapers rounded base.

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