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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.495.4
Title
Light green squared bottle
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
2nd-4th century CE
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77999

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glass
Dimensions
H. 6.9 x Rim diam. 2.4  x w. 3.4 cm (2 11/16 x 15/16 x 1 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, (by 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
1978.495.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bottle; heavily indented base, square-sided body, straight shoulder, straight neck, flaring lip. Intact, except for two chips of rim missing, very clean, dirt on bottom, crack along body to base. This piece may not be ancient.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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