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Unguent Bottle (Oinochoe)
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Unguent Bottle (Oinochoe)

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy
DateMid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
DimensionsH: 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Max Diam of Body: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.136
Not on View
Collections
  • Glass
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 12.

Grose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 148, p. 162.

Exhibition HistoryJohn Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, Glass Throughout History, exhibition, no. ex. cat., October-December, 1953.

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