Bottle
2nd-3rd century CE
Description
Bottle; slightly indented base, round body, slight constriction at neck, tapering neck, rolled lip. Intact; opaque black, purple, and blue weathering and iridescence and extensive accretions.
Dimensions
H. 15.4 x Rim diam. 3 x W. 5.7 cm (6 1/16 x 1 3/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck, Cambridge, MA (1939-1966), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1966.
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