Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Pozzuoli; unguentarium; Glass

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Object Identifier
0000.00.1080
Object Name
unguentarium
Lot
DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Collections
Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type
Glass vessels
Materials
Glass
Width
2.4
Height
9
Weight
30g
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Unguentarium. Toilet bottle. Transparent green glass. Rounded out splayed rim. Long cylindrical neck. Constriction on shoulder. Inverted piriform body tapering outward towards bottom. Concave base. Pinprick bubbles. Intact. Milky and dirty weathering. Iridescence.
Verbatim Date
ca. 2nd C AD
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Pozzuoli
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Exhibition Curator
Root, Margaret Cool
Gazda, Elaine
Publication Title
Wondrous Glass
Graeco-Egyptian Glass: Catalogue generale des antiquities egyptiennes du Musee du Caire
Roman Glass from Dated Finds
Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Vol I
???
Publication Author
Root, Margaret
Edgar, C. C. (Campbell Cowan)
Isings, Clasina
Whitehouse, David
Matheson
Publication Year
1982
1905
1957
1997
0000
Type Category
Artifact

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