Balsamarium (Double Cosmetic Tube)

Maker: Unknown

Medium

Green tinted glass

Dimensions

6 1/8 × 1 1/8 in. (15.5 × 2.8 cm)
Base diameter: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)

Credit Line

The Anna Rosalie Mansfield Collection

Accession Number

1930.408

Period

Roman

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

de Morgan sale, 1901; Mansfield Collection no. 119.
Bibliography
  • Richard A. Grossmann, Ancient Glass: A Guide to the Yale Collection (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2002), 21, fig. 21
  • Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 122, no. 329, ill.
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n.s.

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