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Cosmetic tube

6th century AD
Medium/TechniqueGlass, free-blown with applied foot, coil handles, and looped trail decoration
DimensionsHeight: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession number01.7450
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Azeez Khayat, New York (according to the MFA Register of Glass: said to have come from the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean); November 1901: purchased by MFA from Azeez Khayat for $ 272.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.7446-01.7451)
Group shot:  93.17, 93.27, 30.403
Late 3rd–5th century A.D.
Costmetic flask
about 4th century A.D.
Group shot:  93.17, 93.27, 30.403
4th or mid 4th–early 5th century A.D.
Group shot: 93.19-21, 08.188, 08.197, 08.194
4th–5th century A.D.
Amphora
1st–2nd century A.D.
Bottle with two handles
1st century A.D.
Bottle with Two Handles
3rd century A.D.
Pitcher with mask applique
Probably 4th–5th century A.D.
Oil flask (aryballos)
1st–2nd century A.D. or later
Group shot:  72.421, 01.7446
4th–5th century A.D.