Bronze perfume dipper
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Object Number: 97.22.18
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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