Spindle bottle unguentarium

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Spindle bottle unguentarium
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Date4th-3rd century BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (18.4 × 5.4 cm) Mouth: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm) Base: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
Credit LineIsaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, Collection. Transferred from the Hamilton College Archives; Gift of Janet M. Bates.
Object number2015.6.9
Not on view

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Perfume bottle
Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," May 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
Provenance 2013: Hamilton College (Archives), by gift of Janet M. Bates;
1999: Janet M. Bates, by bequest of her husband, George P. Bates;
?: George P. Bates, Class of 1936, by gift or bequest of his mother, Mary Hall Bates;
?: Mary Hall Bates, by gift or bequest of her father, Isaac Hollister Hall;
1875-77: Isaac Hollister Hall, by gift of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola;
1875-77: excavated by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola
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