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Hexagonal Jug with Dionysiac Symbols

1st century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueMold blown glass
Dimensions10.2 cm (4 in.)
Credit LineM. Elizabeth Carter Collection—Gift of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession number31.130
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceSaid to have been found near Tyre, Syria. 1931, gift of Nellie Parney Carner (b. 1857 - d. 1933), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 5, 1931)
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