1983.12: Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1983.12
- 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/289549
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Pale yellow-green glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
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H. 8.3 x Neck diam. 1.5 x W. 2.9 cm (3 1/4 x 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Charles Fox Hovey, Chestnut Hill, MA (by 1983), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1983.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles F. Hovey
- Accession Year
- 1983
- Object Number
- 1983.12
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Unguentarium; slightly indented base, piriform body, slight constriction at neck, then broken. Pale iridescence on exterior and minimal dirt accretions on interior.
Classification: Isings form 8
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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