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Vase in the form of a head
Vase in the form of a head

Vase in the form of a head

A.D. 80–120
Place of ManufactureRome or Ostia, Lazio, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Lead Glazed
DimensionsHeight: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.) diameter: 9.7 cm.
Credit LineBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession number50.2297
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Charles Bain Hoyt Collection (according to his associate Burdon-Muller, the Hoyt "Greek & Roman glass and lead-glazed vases were all purchased from Kelekian and Kouchakji in New York"; bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt to MFA, May 11, 1950
Two-handled cup
30–1 B.C.
Pitcher (oinochoe)
25 B.C.–A.D. 10
Drinking cup (skyphos)
about 50 B.C.–A.D. 50
Drinking cup (skyphos)
1st century A.D.
Drinking cup (skyphos)
First century, probably 1–50 A.D.
Drinking cup (skyphos)
about 50 B.C.–A.D. 50