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
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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