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 viewClassificationsVessels
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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)
6th century
Late 3rd–5th century A.D.
about 4th century A.D.
4th or mid 4th–early 5th century A.D.
4th–5th century A.D.
1st–2nd century A.D.
1st century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
Probably 4th–5th century A.D.
about 4th century A.D.
1st–2nd century A.D. or later
4th–5th century A.D.