- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1920.44.89
- Title
- Bowl
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1st-4th century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
- Period
- Roman period
- Culture
- Graeco-Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292499
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
- H. 6 x W. 10.9 cm (2 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
- Provenance
- Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.
Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
- Accession Year
- 1920
- Object Number
- 1920.44.89
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Bowl; flat base, slight flare outward at rim, two bands of incised concentric circles on the interior (one band near the rim, the other band near the base). Intact; some minimal dirt accretions on exterior (partially cleaned).
- Commentary
- Bowls are open, rimmed vessels that are wider than they are tall.
- Subjects and Contexts
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Roman Domestic Art
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