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Object NameToilet Bottle (Unguentarium)
Made FromGlass
Date1-299
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean
TechniqueBlown
SizeOverall H: 16.6 cm, Diam (max): 6.5 cm
Accession Number53.1.27
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionToilet Bottle (Unguentarium). Transparent pale green glass, bubbly, with opaque white opaque glass stripes; blown. Toilet-bottle; rim outsplayed with downward slope and folded upward and inward; tall cylindrical neck with slight constriction at bottom; conical body; concave base with pontil mark; entire vessel is "marbled" with opaque white spiral stripes.
Provenance
Source Mrs. C. de la Haye Montbault - 1953-08-01
Former Collection Maurice Nahman (French, 1868-1948)
bead
Mr. Larteh
1900-1972
bead
1880-1950
bead
about 450-650
Vittorio Costantini
about 1985-1989