Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
1st-2nd century CE
Description
Unguentarium; rounded base, tubular body, constriction before straight neck, flaring lip. Intact; some dirt accretions and blue-purple iridescence. Full of dirt. Classification: Isings form 8
Dimensions
H. 10.2 x W. 2.2 x Rim diam. 2.3 cm (4 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Charles Eliot Norton and Richard Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1895), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
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