Dropper Flask with Snake-thread Decoration
- Culture
- Roman, 753 BCE–395 CE
- Culture
- possibly Eastern Mediterranean
- Date
- late 2nd–3rd century CE
- Material
- Glass
- possibly associated with
- Asia
- possibly associated with
- Asia
- possibly associated with
- Asia
- Classification
- Containers, glassware
- Collection
- Ancient Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 259
- Dimensions
- 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (11.7 x 8 cm)
diameter of rim: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm)
diameter of base: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Kurt W. Bachstitz
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 21:1924
NOTES
Despite the beauty of this container, it was the contents inside that were truly valuable. Luxurious oils and sweet-smelling unguents were coveted and used by both men and women in antiquity. The ancient Greeks even used olive oil as a soap by spreading it on their skin and scraping it off with a metal tool called a strigil.
Provenance
Friedrich L. von Gans (1833-1920), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- 1924
Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague, Netherlands, acquired from Friedrich L. von Gans [1]
1924 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mr. Kurt W. Bachstitz [2]
Notes:
[1] Identified as coming from the von Gans collection in "Sammlungen der Galerie Bachstitz" [Berlin: Albert Frisch vol. 2, 1921, p. 59, cat. no. 165, pl. 69].
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum March 27, 1924.
- 1924
Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague, Netherlands, acquired from Friedrich L. von Gans [1]
1924 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mr. Kurt W. Bachstitz [2]
Notes:
[1] Identified as coming from the von Gans collection in "Sammlungen der Galerie Bachstitz" [Berlin: Albert Frisch vol. 2, 1921, p. 59, cat. no. 165, pl. 69].
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum March 27, 1924.
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