Ancient Art Department

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

Loop-Handled Cosmetic Tube

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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

Egyptian

Greek and Roman

Loop-Handled Cosmetic Tube

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Symposium | Convivium: AD 79: When Time Froze in Pompeii

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Lecture on the art of ancient Greek theater

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Lecture presented by Egyptology Professor Stephen Harvey

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Rehearsed Reading of Oedipus at Kolonos by Sophocles

Thank you for helping us acquire our first Egyptian royal portrait—a carved limestone relief of Ptolemy I Soter

Last Supper in Pompeii: From the Table to the Grave

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