This
glass unguentarium is one of the objects featuring in a new exhibition I am
curating of Greek and Roman perfumed oil and cosmetic vessels called ‘Amor et
Mors: Vessels for the Beautiful Body in Life and Death’. It will be in the
Treasury Gallery, in the Old Quad at the University of Melbourne, and will open
to the public on 17 July 2023 and continue until May 2024. My exhibition is
half of the larger exhibition, ‘Ancient Lives: Insights from the Classics and
Archaeology Collecton’. The other half of the exhibition is curated by Tamara
Lewit, focuses on wine, and is called ‘White, Tawny, Blood-Red, Black: Wine in
the Greek and Roman Worlds.
Image
credit: Unguentarium, 3rd century CE, Glass. Dimensions: 10.5cm (height) x
3.8cm (width) x 3.5cm (depth). The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Gift
of David and Marion Adams, 2009.
Accession
Number 2009.0257.000.000
