- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1977.216.1859
- Title
- Bottle
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 4th century CE
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/54143
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Pale green glass
- Technique
- Mold-blown glass
- Dimensions
- H. 10.8 x W. 5.5 cm (4 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Provenance
- Oric Bates, Groton, MA (by 1977), loan; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (by 1977), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Oric Bates
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.1859
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Bottle; possibly dip mold-blown, flat base, semi-octagonal body, sides with vertical ridges and less prominent diagonal, sharp shoulder, two-level mouth. Intact; minimal dirt accretions on base and exterior.
- Subjects and Contexts
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Roman Domestic Art
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