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Bottle with flaring mouth
Roman or Byzantine
Late Imperial or Early Byzantine Period
4th–5th century A.D. or later
Medium/Technique
Glass, free-blown with applied decoration
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Misses Amy and Clara Curtis
Accession Number21.1365
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Ancient Glass (MFA), no. 49.
DescriptionGlobular body; long cylindrical neck; funnel mouth. Thin coils around the mid-point of the mouth. Colorless (?). Intact; some iridescence and flaking, especially on the neck and mouth.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Misses Amy and Clara Curtis Collection; gift of the Misses Amy and Clara Curtis to MFA, July 7, 1921