File:Double cosmetic tube Louvre MNC1825.jpg

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A double cosmetic tube (dilekythos), from 4th-Century AD, in the Louvre Museum, Paris; a container which held kohl that would be applied with a thin stick made of ivory, bronze or glass, onto a person's eyelids and/or eyelashes as a cosmetic make-up.

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Description
English: Double cosmetic tube (dilekythos) used for kohl; make-up was applied with an ivory, bronze or glass stick.
Français : Flacon à deux tubes servant à contenir du khôl ; le maquillage était appliqué avec un bâtonnet en ivoire, en bronze ou en verre. Du type balsamaire ou unguentarium double d'époque byzantine.
Date 4th century AD
date QS:P571,+350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium glass
medium QS:P186,Q11469
Dimensions height: 13.5 cm (5.3 in); width: 2.5 cm (0.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,13.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,2.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Bronzes et objets précieux, room 34: salle des verres. Sully, 1st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
Accession number
MNC 1825
Object history Provenance: Syria
Credit line 1894: purchased
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 4771
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2006)
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current19:11, 8 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 19:11, 8 October 20061,350 × 2,700 (1.9 MB)Jastrow (talk | contribs){{Louvre-ext |Unknown |Double cosmetic tube used for kohl; make-up was applied with an ivory, bronze or glass stick. Glass, 4th century CE. Found in Syria. |H. 13.5 cm (5 ¼ in.), W. 2.5 cm (¾ in.) |Purchase, 1894 |MNC 1825 |Department of Greek, Etruscan

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