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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Cosmetic Tube

AAT Object Techniqueblown glass
AAT Object Form/Functioncosmetic tubes
Possible OriginPalestine, Asia
Possible OriginSyria, Asia
CultureRoman
PeriodRoman Period
Date4th Century CE
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions3 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in., 21 g (9 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm, 3/4 oz.)
Object number2018.010.437
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
ProvenanceSaid to be ex coll. Comtesse Anne de Kerguezec. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Roger Fernand Galliano, Paris, France.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cosmetic Tube
2nd Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cosmetic Tube with Lid
late 2nd-mid 7th Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Khol Tube
mid 4th-mid 5th Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Kohl Tube
mid 4th-mid 5th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Unguentarium
1st - early 2nd Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Kohl Tube
722 BCE - 642 CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Double Kohl Tube
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Mould Blown Grape Flask
3rd Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Flask with Neck Trailing and Funnel Mouth
ca. 4th Century CE
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
Head of an Ibex from a Cosmetic Spoon
1539-1292 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Single Tube Snuff Pipe
100 BCE-500 CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Unguentarium
1st Century CE