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Rogers Fund, 1923 (23.160.88)
Bronze or ivory dippers were often used by the Etruscans to apply scented oils and perfumes to the hair and body. The two bronze examples shown here are decorated with small figures of nude females, one of whom holds a libation bowl.
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Title: Bronze perfume dipper
Period: Late Classical–Hellenistic
Date: 4th–3rd century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Other: 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1897
Accession Number: 97.22.18
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