Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
1st-2nd century CE
Description
Unguentarium; flat base, piriform body, relatively short neck, flaring mouth. Intact; minimal dirt accretions. Classification: Isings form 28A
Dimensions
15.6 x 5.5 cm (6 1/8 x 2 3/16 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 daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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