Rome / unguentarium / Glass / Paint

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0443
Object Name: unguentarium
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass; Paint
Width: 2.2, of rim
Height: 11.8
Weight: 21g
Inscribed: No
Full Artifact Description: Blue glass. Intact. Iridescence and milky weathering. Some pitting on exterior. Good material. Bubbles. Some black impurities. Red spots on rim which may be paint or polish that was dripped on at a later date. Toilet bottle. Polished outspayed rim. Cylindrical neck with slight constriction at its base. Drop-shaped body. Round base with a small flat area.; Gazda: Toilet bottle. Glass, free blown.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 1st - 2nd C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Rome
Countermark: No
Exhibition Title: Case 26 - Health and Beauty
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0443
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0443/dscn4244.jpg

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Full citation: "Rome; unguentarium; Glass; Paint." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0443/dscn4244.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 14, 2024.