2003.100.3: Candlestick Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.100.3
- Title
- Candlestick Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1st century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
- Period
- Roman period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/92048
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Yellow-green glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
- 11.6 x 6.8 cm (4 9/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Florence and Mason Hammond, Cambridge, MA (1970-2002), by descent; to Anstiss Krueck, Chicago, IL, Florence Phillips, Cos Cob, CT and Elizabeth Llewellyn, London (2002-2003), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the daughters of Florence and Mason Hammond
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.100.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Bottle; flat base, flattened oblate body, long straight neck, flattened ring mouth. Intact; some minor dirt on interior and exterior, large, light brown flakes of accretion in interior.
Classification: Isings 28b
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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