Quadruple Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)
4th-6th century
Description
Four-chambered cosmetic tube (unguentarium) of translucent pale blue-green glass. The handles are separately attached. A thin trail decoration was applied around the exterior of the unguentarium after the chambers were formed. Further handle-like decoration rising from the rims of the four chambers is broken off.
Dimensions
H. 13.9 x Dia. 7.5 cm (5 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
Provenance
[Bernheimer's Antique Arts, Cambridge, MA (by 1965)], sold; to the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1965-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
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