Balsamarium (Double Cosmetic Tube) | Yale University Art Gallery

4th century A.D.

Medium: Pale green glass
Dimensions: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm) including handle
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Lehman, B.A. 1913
Accession Number: 1953.28.27
Culture: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Syrian
Period: Roman-Byzantine
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. no. 32; Duveen Brothers no. 24.

Bibliography

Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 120–21, no. 323, ill

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