Perfume jar (balsamarium) in the shape of female head (Aphrodite / Turan?)
late 3rd–early 2nd century B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsItaly
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 10.5 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm (4 1/8 x 3 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.682
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: found in a tomb on the road between Ferentinum and Bomarzo with MFA 98.683 and 98.684); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
about 550–530 B.C.
Third or 4th century A.D.
about 2400 B.C.
mid-7th century B.C.
about seventh century B.C.
about 650 B.C.
late 7th century B.C.
late 7th–early 6th century B.C.
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