On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Unguentarium (small bottle used for liquids),
1st century CE
Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
y1951-53
Information
Title
Unguentarium (small bottle used for liquids)
Dates
1st century CE
Medium
Translucent blue glass with veins of amber and opaque white glass
Dimensions
h. 8.2 cm, diam. 6.8 cm (3 1/4 x 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Given in memory of Allan Marquand, Class of 1874, and Mrs. Marquand, by their daughters
Object Number
y1951-53
Place Made
Eastern Mediterranean
Description
Horizontal rim; cylindrical neck tapering toward its base; piriform body; flat bottom. Vessel consists of fused stripes of blue, amber, and opaque white glass that form a striped mosaic pattern.
Culture
Period
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Given to the Museum in memory of Allan Marquand and Mrs. Marquand, by their daughters
Bottle with “ribbon” banding
- "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 10, no. 2 (1951): p. 22-23., p. 23
- Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 79 (illus.)
- Anastassios Antonaras, Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012), cat. no. 485 (illus.)
