1977.216.3386.B: Candlestick Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3386.B
- Title
- Candlestick Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
- Other Titles
- Former Title: Glass bottle from Cyprus
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1st-3rd century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/54144
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Pale green glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 6.6 cm (5 x 2 5/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Luigi Palma di Cesnola, Cyprus, Greece (c. 1865-1872), sold; to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1872-by 1977), sold; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (by 1977), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, G. G. Van Rensselaer Fund
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3386.B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Candlestick unguentarium; slightly indented base, conical body, long straight neck, flat ring mouth. Intact; extensive pale opalescence and iridescence, light brown and white accretions on lower part of base and bottom exterior.
Classification: Isings form 82A(1)
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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