Unguent Bottle: Alabastron

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

AIC_.1941.1099

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AIC_.1941.1099

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

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Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

crc

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Ancient Mediterranean Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean

cdt

Ancient Mediterranean Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Eastern Mediterranean

crt

Eastern Mediterranean

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Unguent Bottle: Alabastron

otn

Unguent Bottle: Alabastron

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

ott

preferred

Title Type

false

View:

front view

rid

front view

View

false

Creation Date:

Republican Period, 1st century B.C.

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Republican Period, 1st century B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-100

ocs

-100

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1

oce

1

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Glass

omd

Glass

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Glass

clt

Glass

Classification Term

false

Subject Description:

These vessels of a variety of shapes are covered with a wavy pattern of narrow bands of sumptuous gold juxtaposed with bands of deep purples, blues, greens, and golden browns. Gold-band mosaic alabastra were sealed by tall, colored glass stoppers, which also fundtioned as applicators.

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These vessels of a variety of shapes are covered with a wavy pattern of narrow bands of sumptuous gold juxtaposed with bands of deep purples, blues, greens, and golden browns. Gold-band mosaic alabastra were sealed by tall, colored glass stoppers, which also fundtioned as applicators.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Mediterranean Sea,Eastern Mediterranean Sea

ocp

Mediterranean Sea,Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

H.: 14 cm (5-1/2 in.)

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H.: 14 cm (5-1/2 in.)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1941.1099

ooa

1941.1099

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson

ooc

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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Unguent Bottle: Alabastron