Perfume Bottle

CultureRoman
Titles
  • Perfume Bottle
  • Unguentarium
Date27 BC–68 AD
MediumGlass
Dimensionsheight × diameter: 4 5/16 × 3 inches

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.101
Not on view

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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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Upper Part of Neck of Vase
No date
Glass
52.50
Perfume Bottle
69–96 AD
Glass
31.100
Perfume Bottle
27 BC–68 AD
Glass
31.102
Alabastron, Perfume Bottle
300 BC–100 AD
Egyptian alabaster, probably calcite
34.142
Bottle
96–192 AD
Glass
31.105
Large Bottle
100–200 AD
Glass
31.107
Bottle
1–400 AD
Glass
31.112
Bottle
No date
Glass
70.116
Vessel with intense iridescence
1–100 AD
Glass
70.89
Jar with Multiple Handles
201–300 AD
Glass
70.88
Gold Band Alabastron
1–100 AD
Glass
70.76