Art Institute of Chicago

Alabastron (Container for Scented Oil)

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Date: 1st century
Medium: Glass, blown technique
Culture: Roman Empire
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 49051

Initially affordable among only the wealthy, glass was used widely in the Roman world to create a variety of everyday objects such as those displayed here, including delicate cosmetic containers that held perfumes and oils and various forms of tableware designed for serving food and drink. Glass was also used to imitate precious stones in jewelry.

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Credit line: Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
Provenance: Veser & co., Jerusalem; sold to Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, 1924; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1943.

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Object type: AAT300193015

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