Unguentarium
Unguentarium
Place of Originpossibly Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean
Date2nd-4th century CE
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 8 11/16 × 1 11/16 × 3 13/16 in. (22.1 × 4.3 × 9.7 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1916.152
Not on View
DescriptionThis disk-shaped unguentarium (Candlestick Class VIIB1a) is free-blown and tooled from medium thin glass. The vessel is transparent decolored glass with a yellowish gray tinge (5 Y 7/2). Weathering has obscured the clarity of the fabric.
The rim is narrow, hollow, and outsplayed horizontally, then rolled inward and flattened to form a wide brim. The tall neck tapers gently and features a constriction at its base. The flat, bell-shaped body rises slightly at the center and comprises less than one-fifth of the vessel’s total height, with walls forming a gentle S-curve. The base is concave. There is no pontil mark.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.Probably First Half of Third Century
2nd-4th century CE
probably 2nd century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
probably 2nd century
Late second to mid-third century
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