Ancient Art Department

Ancient Art Council
Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park
San Francisco, CA 94121

Loop-Handled Cosmetic Tube

Eastern Mediterranean, 4th–5th century A.D.

This vessel is an exquisite example of the glassblower's art. Molten glass can be blown into a bubble and shaped to any form. Once the basic shape was produced, decoration and handles were added.

Free-blown glass with trailed thread decoration

H 9

Gift of Helen Norton

61.14.47

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Ancient Near Eastern

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Greek and Roman Collection

Loop-Handled Cosmetic Tube

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Greek and Roman Collection

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"If you build it, they will come": the construction and care of Nemean hero worship

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Plagues, Pestilence, and Pandemics: Disease in El Hibeh

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Round Table: Ancient Democracy, the Present Moment, and the Future of a Political Ideal

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Rehearsed Reading of Euripides' Bacchae

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