Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
1st-2nd century CE
Description
Unguentarium, rounded base, piriform body, constriction before straight neck, flared lip. Intact; interior half filled with; dirt encrustations on exterior and interior, minimal blue iridescence. Classification: Isings form 8
Dimensions
H. 12.6 x W. 2 x Rim diam. 2.3 cm (4 15/16 x 13/16 x 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Charles Eliot Norton and Richard Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1895), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
Related Artworks
View MoreAlabaster
GreekLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze; recovered in the Philippines
13th-14th centuryChinesePorcelain with carved decoration and overglaze pale green enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark (probably spurious) reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
18th-19th centuryChineseGray stoneware with combed decoration. Reportedly recovered near Kongju, South Ch'ungch'ong province.
6th-7th centuryKoreanSilver plate
19th centuryAmericanLeaded bronze
4th-5th century CEMeroiticTerracotta; greenish clay, black glaze and red paint
6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
4th-7th centuryByzantineEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseSilver plate
19th centuryAmericanReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze
10th centuryEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in gold enamels a red enamel ground; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Chang Chun Yong Bao" within a double circle on the base, the mark and double circle arranged to simulate a Chinese coin.
16th-17th centuryChinese