Piriform Bottle (Unguentarium)
Piriform Bottle (Unguentarium)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, threads picked up, reinflated and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1477
Not on View
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Published ReferencesNg, Diana Y., The Art of the Everyday: Objects from Ancient Daily Life, Dearborn, Regents of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2019, pp. 108-111, repr. (col.) 109.Exhibition HistoryDearborn, Michigan, Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan, Art of the Everyday: Objects from Ancient Daily Life, Apr. 25-Jul. 5, 2019.- Glass
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
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