Candlestick Unguentarium
Object Number:
MS5519
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Roman
Provenience:
Syria
Period:
Roman Period
Date Made:
1-299 AD
Early Date:
1
Late Date:
299
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Glass
Technique:
Free-Blown
Description:
Intact. Plain base curves slightly upward toward center. Body slopes inward and has a slightly indented groove running around it. Nearly flat shoulder leads to extremely long neck with a thick flaring lip. Glass is translucent, greenish. Free blown.
Height:
18.3cm
Outside Diamater:
6.4cm
Credit Line:
Gift of Lydia T. Morris
Other Number:
| GL19 (ancient glass project) | - | Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change (27 Sep 1997 - 18 Jun 1998)
Bibliography:
[Book] Fleming, Stuart J. 1999. Roman Glass (II): Reflections on Cultural Change. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 50, pl. E.55
[Book] Fleming, Stuart J. 1997. Roman Glass: Reflections of Everyday Life (I). : Page/Fig./Plate: 29
[Book] Isings, C. 1957. Roman Glass. : Page/Fig./Plate: form 82, A1
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