Candlestick Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
1st-3rd century CE
Description
Candlestick unguentarium; slightly indented base, bell-shaped body, constriction before long, narrow neck (diam. 1 cm), flaring lip. Intact; iridescence on interior of body, some dirt accretions on interior. Isings form 82A (1)
Dimensions
H. 13.8 x W. 3.4 cm (5 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Charles Eliot Norton and Richard Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1895), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
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