Bottle
Item number M3.27 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Bottle in alabastron with a light grey opaque body and two vertical drawn ring handles with tails. The rim is flat with a band of brown at the edge, the neck is slightly narrower than the body, and both the shoulder and base are rounded. The body of the bottle is decorated with a series of trailed purply-brown zigzag lines bordered by two straight lines at both the top and the bottom.
History Of Use
Used to store unguents, oil or perfume.
Cultural Context
storage
Narrative
The van Haersolte Collection
Item History
- Made in Egypt between 600 BCE and 301 BCE
- Collected during 1890
- Owned by Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn and Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn
- Owned by Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn before April 26, 1956
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), U.B.C. President's Fund (Funding source) and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn (Seller) on April 26, 1956
What
- Name
- Bottle
- Identification Number
- M3.27
- Type of Item
- bottle
- Material
- glass and pigment ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- core formed
- Overall
- height 9.9 cm, diameter 2.61 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Egypt
Who
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Previous Owner
- Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn, Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), U.B.C. President's Fund (Funding source) and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn (Seller)
When
- Creation Date
- between 600 BCE and 301 BCE
- Collection Date
- during 1890
- Ownership Date
- before April 26, 1956
- Acquisition Date
- on April 26, 1956
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 96
- Accession Number
- 2308/0204
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