1920.44.71: Bottle
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1920.44.71
- Title
- Bottle
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1st-4th century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292952
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Colorless glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
- 13.2 x 9.5 cm (5 3/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
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
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
- Accession Year
- 1920
- Object Number
- 1920.44.71
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Bottle; bulbous body with four circular indentations on side, narrow neck and mouth. Intact; very thin walls.
Classificaton: Isings form 104B
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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