VesselsRoman1st-2nd century CE
Aryballos (oil bottle)
1st-2nd century CE
Description
This intact aryballos is made of transparent green glass with applied handles. In shape, the vessel has a globular body, flat bottom, and short cylindrical neck. Classification: C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds (Djakarta: Groningen, 1957), form 61.
Dimensions
8 x 7.4 cm (3 1/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Charles Eliot Norton and Richard Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1895), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1895.
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