Candlestick Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
1st-3rd century CE
Description
Candlestick unguentarium; slightly indented base, conical body, long straight neck, flat ring mouth. Intact; extensive pale opalescence and iridescence, light brown and white accretions on lower part of base and bottom exterior. Classification: Isings form 82A(1)
Dimensions
12.7 x 6.6 cm (5 x 2 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Luigi Palma di Cesnola, Cyprus, Greece (c. 1865-1872), sold; to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1872-by 1977), sold; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (by 1977), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.
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