The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 26, 2023

Unguent Bottle (Amphoriskos)

1549–1296 BC

Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasties 18 (1540-1296 BC) - 19

(1295-1186 BC)

Glass

Diameter: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.566

Location

107 Egyptian

Provenance
Purchased from Nicolas Tano, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
Citations
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 284; Mentioned: p. 284
Exhibition history

CMA 1916, no. 123, p. 217

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.566