Perfume Bottle (Alabastron)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The object is a perfume bottle, specifically an alabastron. The bottle is tall and slender with a narrow base that widens slightly at the middle and then tapers back to a wide, flat mouth. The body of the bottle features a pattern of wavy, curved lines in shades of black, blue, white, and yellow. Two small handles are visible on either side of the bottle, near the top. The background is a plain gray color.