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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unguentarium
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Unguentarium

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureRoman Empire | Syrian | Eastern Mediterranean
Date50-100 A.D.
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Rowland
Object number81.182
Not on view
DescriptionUnguentaria of blown glass. Narrow and conical. Of green tinted glass with weathering and some iridescence. Waisted 2.25" from rim, which is folded and flattened.

Published ReferencesAuth, _Ancient Glass in the Newark Museum_, pg. 114, 211 & 212.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
2nd century - 3rd century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
100-299 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
100-299 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
100-299 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
4th-5th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Louis Comfort Tiffany
ca. 1905
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
2nd century - 3rd century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
2nd century B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1870-1900
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.
Unknown
13th-14th centuries
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
11-12TH CENTURY A.D.