Rock crystal perfume pot carved in the form of a cicada

Details

• Title

  Rock crystal perfume pot carved in the form of a cicada

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy › Apulia › Province of Brindisi (place of purchase)

• Date

  1st century AD (AD 1 - 100)

• Material and technique

  rock crystal

• Object type

  container › cosmetic-container › cosmetic-vessel › cosmetic-pot › perfume-pot

• Dimensions

  7.5 cm (length)
  47.7 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Reverend G.J. Chester, 1892.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1892.1024

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