M0011908: Photograph of a large alabastron, possibly Corinthian, from 6th century BC

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Alabastron (large), surely Corinthian

Photograph of a large alabastron (oil or perfume container), possibly Corinthian, from 6th century BC. The photograph of the alabastron is included in the publication Catalogue of an Exhibition illustrating The History of Pharmacy, an exhibition held at the Wellcome Research Institution, London, 4 May - 28 September 1951. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is no longer held by Wellcome Collection.

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the Egyptian item: acc. number R428/1936
The photograph is listed as figure 6 in the exhibition catalogue. A digitised version is available online

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.