Modern imitation of an Etruscan balsamarium in the form of a female head

Classification

plastic vase ; perfume bottle

Dimensions

height: 10.4 cm

Date

modern

Period

Etruscan Hellenistic Period (3th–1st centuries)

Material

bronze

Iconography

female head ; bun ; earrings ; necklace/torques

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts ; Ráth, György Collection

Inventory

51.2865

ID

Hyp-516

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 131; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 149; Szilágyi, J. Gy., in ScAnt 5 (1991), 528, no. 33