1978.495.5: Bottle
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1978.495.5
- Title
- Bottle
- Other Titles
- Former Title: Olive green glass bottle with etched decoration
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 2nd-4th century CE
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/77998
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Pale olive-green glass
- Technique
- Free-blown glass
- Dimensions
- H. 11 x Rim diam. 2 x W. 3 cm (4 5/16 x 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (by 1937-1978), 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
- 1978.495.5
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Bottle; flat base, tapering body, straight shoulder, elongated, bulging funnel mouth. Decorated with etching; vertical lines on the mouth, two bands around the upper body, cross-hatching and entwining lines and dots around the middle, two bands around the lower body. Intact; minimal signs of weathering beyond black patches on mouth.
Subjects and Contexts
- Roman Domestic Art
Verification Level
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