Feeding Bottle
3rd-4th century CE
Description
Feeding bottle (askos); indented base, ovoid body, long straight neck, narrow mouth, small spout that opens into interior of vessel. Intact; covered in patches of opaque accretions and generally yellow-green iridescence. Classificaiton: Isings, form 99.
Dimensions
H. 10.1 x W. 7.3 x D. 6.3 cm (4 x 2 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (by 1977), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.
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