Jar
1st century A.D.
Place of ManufactureNear East or Italy
Medium/TechniqueGlass; blown using the "splash" technique
DimensionsHeight: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); diameter: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.444
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited from him by Mrs. Burt and then, about 1889, by A. H. Browne; by 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Strand, London, W.C. (sale of the Forman collection, June 19-22, lot 199); 1899: with Edward Perry Warren; 1899: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for
$ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)
$ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)
1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
Mid to late 1st century A.D.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
1st–2nd century A.D. or later
4th–5th century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
Late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.