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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.1.84
Title
Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1st-2nd century
Period
Roman period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148058

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Amber glass
Dimensions
7.6 cm (3 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.1.84
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Intact unguentarium of yellow-brown glass. The neck is relatively short and cylindrical, flaring at the mouth. The body is piriform and flat on the bottom.

Publication History

  • John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), Gl7, p. 117-18 [S. M. Goldstein]

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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