Bottle
2nd-3rd century CE
Description
Bottle; deeply indented base, oblate body, neck pushed into shoulder, rather undefined mouth. Intact; heavy opaque white to light brown sandy accretions on interior and exterior.
Dimensions
H. 6.35 x W. 5.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck, Cambridge, MA (by 1970), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1970.
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