Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
1st-2nd century CE
Description
Free-blown unguentarium; glass color unclear because of weathering; everted rim, folded inward; round base Classification: Isings form 8/28
Dimensions
8.9 x 2.7 cm (3 1/2 x 1 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Charles Eliot Norton and Richard Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1895), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
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