2012.1.84: Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2012.1.84

Title

Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1st-2nd century

Period

Roman period

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/148058

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Amber glass

Dimensions

7.6 cm (3 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University

Accession Year

2012

Object Number

2012.1.84

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Intact unguentarium of yellow-brown glass. The neck is relatively short and cylindrical, flaring at the mouth. The body is piriform and flat on the bottom.

Publication History

• John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), Gl7, p. 117-18 [S. M. Goldstein]

Subjects and Contexts

• Roman Domestic Art

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