Double Balsamarium

CultureRoman
Titles
  • Double Balsamarium
Date100–300 AD
MediumGlass
Dimensions6 1/2 × 3 × 2 3/4 in. (at handle)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.115
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceAndré Bircher (1838–1926), Cairo, by 1926 [1]; by inheritance to Mrs. F. Serveux, Cairo, 1926; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.

[1] Bircher Collection #133.
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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