VesselsRoman1st-4th century CE

Unguentarium (perfume bottle)

1st-4th century CE

Description

Unguentarium in opaque green glass; flat bottom, slightly piriform shape and long neck. Body 1/4 of total height. Classification: Isings form 28b

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Free-blown glass

Medium

Green glass

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman period

Century

1st-4th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

8.5 x 3.2 cm (3 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

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).

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