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Ancient Art
Jar
4th Century A.D.
Free-blown glass, purple
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Gift of Edward B. Greene, B. A. 1900
1930.47
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean
Period:
Roman-Byzantine
Classification:
Containers - Glass
Provenance:
See 1951.51.69 for radiating pattern; See 1930.469 for similar type III chevron design
Bibliography:
Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 113–14, no. 297, ill.
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