İzmir Archeology Museum displays 2,600-year-old ‘perfume bottles’

İzmir Archeology Museum displays 2,600-year-old ‘perfume bottles’

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Within the scope of a project, Turkey’s İzmir Archeology Museum is displaying over 2,000-year-old vessels, resembling perfume bottles, in the current month. (AA Photo)
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The project aims to shed light on invaluable artifacts that were being protected in the museum’s warehouses and present them to visitors to witness the glory of these ancient artifacts.
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Items made from pottery, that were produced with what is now known as the “red figure” technique in ancient Greece , were being used as vessels to store oils and fragrances.

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They were manufactured some 2,600 years ago in the Pottery Market in Athens.
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Embellished with women, swan, and mythological figures, the vessels were unearthed during the excavations in the ancient city of Neonteikhos and İzmir’s Seferihisar district.
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