1902.3: Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1902.3
- Title
- Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1st-3rd century CE
- Period
- Roman period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/293171
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Green glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
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H. 13.8 x Rim diam. 3.6 x W. 4 cm (5 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Charles Eliot Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1902), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1902.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Prof. C. E. Norton
- Accession Year
- 1902
- Object Number
- 1902.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Bottle; slightly indented flat base, conical body, straight neck (diam. 2 cm), rolled lip. Intact; dirt accretion on exterior over opaque purple-blue-green iridescence.
Classificaton: Isings form 28B
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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