Bottle

CultureRoman
Titles
  • Bottle
  • Unguentarium
Date96–192 AD
MediumGlass
Dimensionsheight × diameter: 5 13/16 × 2 3/8 inches

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.105
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Alauf, Baalbek, Syria]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971;
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971;
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

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