- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1920.44.85
- Title
- Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1st-2nd century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292958
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Green glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
- 8.9 x 2.5 cm (3 1/2 x 1 in.)
- Provenance
- 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
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
- Accession Year
- 1920
- Object Number
- 1920.44.85
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Unguentarium; flat base, piriform body, deep constriction before slightly bulging neck. Broken at mouth; opaque orange to purple iridescence cover much of the vessel.
Classification: Isings form 8/28
- Subjects and Contexts
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Roman Domestic Art
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