Spindle bottle unguentarium

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Spindle bottle unguentarium
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Artist/Maker
Date4th-3rd century BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 4 15/16 × 1 5/8 in. (12.6 × 4.1 cm) Mouth: 1 in. (2.6 cm) Base: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Credit LineIsaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, Collection. Transferred from the Hamilton College Archives; Gift of Janet M. Bates.
Object number2015.6.57
Not on view

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Perfume bottle
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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