Title: Perfume Oil & Incense Bottle Unguent Vessel Ancient Bronze Artifac
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Period: Antiquity
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Origin: Southern Europe > Italy
Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 3rd Century BC
Item ID: 5717
This is an incredible Roman ancient artifact, made for perfume and oils. Perfumes are thousands of years old. This vessel was made for fragrances and all kinds of oils. There is evidence of an enormous factory that existed many years ago during the Bronze Age in Rome. Items of this type would have been used to store rare oil or perfume. These are small bronze vessels. These were used for various types of liquids. We think, this bronze bottle was produced during the early Roman times. Period - ROMAN Bronze Bottle Fragment, 3rd Century BC to 3rd Century AD. An Perfume unguent is a soothing preparation spread on the skin. Similar to an ointment, though typically an unguent is less viscous and more oily. It was also used by the Egyptians and the Romans to help soothe their skin from the dry heat. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers & Consultants.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_perfume
The history of perfume began in antiquity. The word perfume is used today to describe scented mixtures and is derived from the Latin word, "per fumus", meaning through smoke. Perfumery, or the art of making perfumes, began in ancient Egypt but was developed and further refined by the Romans and the Arabs. Although perfume and perfumery also existed in East Asia, much of its fragrances are incense based. The basic ingredients and methods of making perfumes are described by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia.
