Bottle
1st-4th century CE
Description
Bottle; bulbous body with four circular indentations on side, narrow neck and mouth. Intact; very thin walls. Classificaton: Isings form 104B
Dimensions
13.2 x 9.5 cm (5 3/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Related Artworks
View MoreSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchQingbai ware: porcelain with sky blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th centuryChineseEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekCast bronze with greenish patina; with dedicatory inscription by Servitor Chen inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
11th-10th century BCEChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGermanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseBuff clay with dark brown painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEIranianCeramic
17th centurySpanishBlue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChinese