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Vase in the form of a hedgehog

A.D. 80–130
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Cast
DimensionsHeight: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.) diameter: 5.2 cm.
Credit LineBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession number50.2299
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
Oil flask (alabastron)
1st century B.C.
probably mid-2nd to 1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Oil flask (alabastron)
1st century B.C.
Group shot: 01.8223, 01.8222, 99.453, 99.454, 01.8224, 01.8226, 01.8221, 99.456
Late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
Patella cup
1st century A.D.
Drinking cup (skyphos)
2nd century B.C.