File:Gold band alabastron, side A - Getty Museum (2003.229).jpg

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Ancient Roman alabastron in the Getty Villa

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Gold-band perfume flask  wikidata:Q124979336 reasonator:Q124979336
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Unknown authorUnknown author Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
Gold-band perfume flask Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Gold-band perfume flask Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Gold-band perfume flask Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type alabastron Edit this at Wikidata
Description

Irregular bands of colored glass snake across the surface of this tall, elegant vessel. The opulent gold bands are in fact gold leaf sandwiched between layers of colorless glass. Gold band glass was a luxury ware and this alabastron, or perfume flask, would have been owned by a prosperous Roman woman.

The term alabastron comes from alabaster, the material from which containers of this shape, used for perfume and scented oil, were originally made in Egypt. In the Roman Empire, the use of gold band glass was initially limited to the creation of alabastra, but the medium was gradually adapted for the creation of a variety of other shapes.

Gold band glass is a type of mosaic glass created by fusing together a series of thin glass rods or canes. Each distinctive band of the alabastron--for example, the blue band laminated with a white stripe--was originally an individual cane segment. Once the different colored canes had been made, they were placed side-by-side and heated until they formed a solid disc. By carefully reheating the disc, the glassmaker could push and pull the molten glass so that it flowed into the banded pattern encircling the vessel.

— J. Paul Getty Museum, in: getty.edu
Date between 100 BC and 100 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium glass Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 13 cm (5.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; diameter: 2.6 cm (1 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+13U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,+2.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180401
Current location
Gallery 214, Greek and Roman Glass
Accession number
2003.229 (J. Paul Getty Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Eastern Mediterranean Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Ancient Roman alabastron in the Getty Villa Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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The Getty Center, Object 10965N

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