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Jar
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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 view
ClassificationsVessels
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)
Group shot: 01.8223, 01.8222, 99.453, 99.454, 01.8224, 01.8226, 01.8221, 99.456
1st century A.D.
Bottle with two handles
1st century A.D.
Group shot: 01.8223, 01.8222, 99.453, 99.454, 01.8224, 01.8226, 01.8221, 99.456
Mid to late 1st century A.D.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Bottle
1st century A.D.
Oil flask (aryballos)
1st–2nd century A.D. or later
Bottle with basket handle
4th–5th century A.D.
Cup
Late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.