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Piriform Unguentarium
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Intact piriform unguentarium of red-orange clay. The mouth is a simple ring; the neck is long with spiral trails around the outside, perhaps red paint. The body is bulbous but featureless, and the base is flat.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (before 1970-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Piriform Unguentarium
Description:
Intact piriform unguentarium of red-orange clay.
The mouth is a simple ring; the neck is long with spiral trails around the outside, perhaps red paint.
The body is bulbous but featureless, and the base is flat.
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