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Double cosmetic tube (balsamarium)
Byzantine, Palestinian
Early Byzantine Period
Mid 4th to mid 5th century
Medium/Technique
Glass, free-blown with applied decoration
Dimensions
Height: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel D. Warren
Accession Number94.195
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionA cosmetic tube in the shape of double tube, each with rounded base and tubular rim. Applied coil trail in spiral 11 times around body; zigzag coil trail wound once around body from shoulder to rim. Similar vessels are attributed to manufacture in early Byzantine Palestine.
Uncertain color. Some damage to trailed decoration; covered with bluish iridescence.
Uncertain color. Some damage to trailed decoration; covered with bluish iridescence.
ProvenanceAccording to the MFA Register of Glass: by date unknown: with Daniel L. Noorian (one of a group of glass vessels, 94.192-94.203. from various sites in Phoenicia); date unknown: purchased from Daniel L. Noorian by Mrs. S. D. Warren; gift of Mrs. S .D. Warren to MFA, November 21, 1894