1920.44.88: Candlestick Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1920.44.88
- Title
- Candlestick Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1st-3rd century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292424
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Pale yellow glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
-
H. 9.8 x Rim diam. 1.9 x W. 3 cm (3 7/8 x 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.
Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
- Accession Year
- 1920
- Object Number
- 1920.44.88
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Candlestick unguentarium; flat base, conical body, slight constriction before straight neck (diam. 1.1 cm), rolled lip. Intact; light blue iridescence on neck, dirt accretions on interior, with grooves probably due to weathering along the lip and neck.
Classification: Isings form 82A(1)
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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