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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Unguentarium (Perfume Bottle)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Unguentarium (Perfume Bottle)

Place FoundJerusalem, Palestine, Asia
Place FoundJerusalem, Israel, Asia
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date1st-3rd Century CE
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of Thomas K. Glenn
Dimensions5 11/16 x 2 7/16 in. (14.5 x 6.2 cm)
Object numberX.0001.010
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
Across the Millennia: Antiques from the Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Southern Bell Center, Atlanta, Georgia, January 6 - February 29, 1988
The Fragrant Past: Perfumes of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, April 5 - June 25, 1989
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesMichael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 44.
ProvenanceEx coll. Thomas K. Glenn (1868-1946), Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
late 1st-early 2nd Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st-early 4th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
4th Century