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perfume bottleVessel made to hold scent. The earliest example is Egyptian and dates to c. 1000 BC. The fashion for perfume later spread to Greece, where terra-cotta and glass containers were made in a variety of shapes such as animals and human heads. Romans made perfume bottles out of molded and blown glass. The spread of Christianity marked a decline in perfume production, as well as of glassmaking. The revival of perfume making in France in the 12th century and the popularity of Venetian glass in the 13th century revived the production of perfume bottles. |
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Act 3, "The Audition," is partly based on Magnum Opus, the final photograph in a series that Simmons made between 1989 and 1991, where different objects--such as a perfume bottle, a leather-bound book, and a globe--"walk" on little doll legs. The piece - a Rene Lalique 1912 winged perfume bottle - was a rare find. They were mostly luxury items, like perfume bottles, that only the wealthy could afford. |
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