Candlestick Unguentarium (CS37)
Candlestick Unguentarium (CS37)
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of OriginRoman Levant
Datelate 2nd-mid 3rd century CE
Dimensions3 1/16 × 4 3/16 × 2 1/8 in. (7.8 × 10.6 × 5.4 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.36A-B
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small spherical bubbles in the body and vertical bubbles in the neck.
Free-blown and tooled, no pontil marks.
Collar rim outsplayed at an angle and rounded in a flame. Tall, cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Very large bell-shaped body more than two-fifths of the total height. Concave bottom.
Transparent natural pale green.
Last quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century
2nd-4th century CE
First half of third century
4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
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