unguientarium / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0992
Object Name: unguientarium
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Height: 3.2
Weight: 2.8g
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Miniature unguentarium. Free blown of transparent pale blue-green glass. Bell-shaped body, wide cylindrical neck with plain rim. Trail added around rim to form uneven collar. Bottom has deep kick with reamer mark. Light discoloration.; Cf. Benaki #96; Lamm Pl. 3 #3.
Verbatim Date: 6th-8th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: 161
Exhibition Title: Fragments from the Past: Islamic Art from the Collection of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Exhibition Curator: Johnson, Dawn
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.0992
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0992/dsc_1562.jpg

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Full citation: "unguientarium; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0992/dsc_1562.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 27, 2024.