Bronze perfume dipper

4th–3rd century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 170
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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