1920.44.81: Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1920.44.81
- Title
- Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
- Other Titles
- Former Title: TEAR BOTTLE
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1st-2nd century CE
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292421
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Very pale brown glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
- 9.8 x 2.5 cm (3 7/8 x 1 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.
Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
- Accession Year
- 1920
- Object Number
- 1920.44.81
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Unguentarium; slightly indented base, piriform body sloping into neck (diam. 0.9 cm), flaring mouth, rolled lip. Intact; white to light brown accretions, and faint iridescence on interior and exterior.
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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