Quadruple Cosmetic Tube
Manufacturer
Unknown
CulturePalestinian
Date4th century
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6834
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 2
Label TextRoman Empire, probably Palestine Area Unguentarium (Quadruple cosmetic tube), 4th century A.D. Blown glass; applied threads Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6834 Kohl tubes were decorative glass vessels that held eye cosmetics in either paste or powder form, and were one of the most widely produced vessels in the Palestinian glasshouses. They served both fashionable and practical demands, for the paste helped abate eye diseases. The form dated sometime from the ninth to fourth century B.C. During the fifth and sixth centuries A.D., kohl tubes began to get bigger and more decorative. The tubes doubled, and then doubled again to four compartments with elaborately tooled ornamentation.
1st Century-4th Century
350-399 A.D.
Tiffany
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company
about 1898-1904