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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.495.2
Title
Flask with Constricted Body
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
5th-7th century CE
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77929

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light blue glass
Technique
Free-blown glass
Dimensions
18.7 x 7.4 cm (7 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (by 1926-1978), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1978.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.495.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bottle; indented base, elaborate body that flares and tapers repeatedly, flaring mouth, ribbed neck. Intact, repaired neck and mouth, lots of blue powder adhering to interior, dirt accretions on base. This object may not be ancient.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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