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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.12.9
Title
Large Spindle-shaped Unguentarium
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
3rd-2nd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Asia Minor
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290311

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
16.1 x 7.4 cm (6 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Brought from Sardis; by Frederick Marquand Godwin, New York, (by 1914), by descent; to his wife Dorothy W. Godwin, New York (1914-1964), gift; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1964.

Note: Frederick M. Godwin was the photographer for the excavations at Sardis with Howard Crosby Butler in 1913 and 1914.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frederick M. Godwin
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.12.9
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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