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Squat Candlestick Unguentarium with Conical Body
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Squat Candlestick Unguentarium with Conical Body

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine, probably inland
DateProbably second century
DimensionsH: 1 11/16 in. (4.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Body Diam: 13/16 (2.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1096
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent to translucent natural green. Free-blown and tooled; circular pontil scar on the bottom. Rim outsplayed horizontally, and rounded and thickened in flame. Tall cylindrical neck with toolmark and slight constriction at its base. Squat, conical body about one-half of the total height. Flat bottom with a depression at its center.

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