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
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Colorless, with yellow tinge; flared folded rim; neck widens slightly toward shoulder; flat circular body, top of body rises slightly toward center.
Free-blown, tooled. No pontil mark.
Narrow hollow rim, outsplayed horizontally, rolled inward, and flattened to form a broad brim. Tall tapering neck with constriction at its base. Flat bell-shaped body less than one-fifth of total height with walls in an elongated "s" curve. Concave base.
CLASSIFICATION Candlestick Class VIIB1a
Transparent decolored glass with yellowish gray tinge (5 Y 7/2).
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
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
2nd or 3rd century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
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