Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
1st-2nd century CE
Description
Unguentarium; slightly indented base, piriform body sloping into neck (diam. 0.9 cm), flaring mouth, rolled lip. Intact; white to light brown accretions, and faint iridescence on interior and exterior.
Dimensions
9.8 x 2.5 cm (3 7/8 x 1 in.)
Provenance
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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