1978.495.7: Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1978.495.7
- Title
- Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1st-2nd century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/77927
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Pale blue glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
- H. 9.8 x Rim diam. 2 x W. 3.1 cm (3 7/8 x 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (by 1878-1978), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1978.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 1978
- Object Number
- 1978.495.7
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Unguentarium in turqoise glass; piriform shape with rounded bottom, long tubular neck; flared rim.
Classification: Isings form 8
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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