kohl-bottle
- Museum number
- 132620
- Description
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Cast copper alloy cosmetic (kohl) bottle: in the form of a woman wearing a pleated dress and holding with both hands a circular object to her left breast.
- Production date
- 5thC BC-4thC BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 9.90 centimetres
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Weight: 102.50 grammes
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Thickness: 2 centimetres
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Width: 2.50 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G52/dc3)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2023 4 May - 13 Aug, London, BM, G35, Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece
2013 22 Mar-3 Nov, Lokschuppen Rosenheim, Germany, 'Alexander the Great'
2006 7 Mar-11 Jun, Barcelona, Fundacion La Caixa, 'L'imperi Oblidat'
2005 Sept-2006 Jan, London, BM, 'Forgotten Empire'
1995-2005 17 Nov-Aug, BM, G52/IRAN
1994 16 Jun-23 Dec, BM, G49/IRAN, case 8, no. 5
1984 6 Oct-18 Nov, Switzerland, Lugano, Museo d'Arte moderna Villa Malpensata, 'Un’arte per la bellezza'
1984 2 May-17 Jun, Italy, Padua, Palazzo della Ragione, Un Arte per la Bellezza : Cosmesi e Salute nei Secoli
1975-ca 1990 Jul-, BM, Iranian Room [IR], case ?, no. 36
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Acquisition notes
- Collection deposited on 6/7/59 (WAA deposit book entry 1247).
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 132620
- Registration number
- 1959,0716.2