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Bottle

9th–10th century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueGlass, free-blown and tooled
DimensionsHeight: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineM. Elizabeth Carter Collection—Gift of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession number30.760
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsGlass
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to have been found near Tyre, Syria. 1930, gift of Nellie Parney Carner (b. 1857 - d. 1933), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 4, 1930)
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