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3rd–4th century A.D.
Mold-blown glass, transparent pale green
8 7/8 × 3 3/4 × 2 15/16 in. (22.5 × 9.5 × 7.5 cm)
H. 22.5 cm w/o foot
max D. of body 9.5 cm
nose to central part, D. 7.5 cm
H. 22.5 cm w/o foot
max D. of body 9.5 cm
nose to central part, D. 7.5 cm
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
1955.6.77
Culture:
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean or Gaulish, German
Period:
Roman
Classification:
Containers - Glass
Provenance:
Fahim Kouchakji, 1938.
Mentioned in 7-25-1938 letter to Ada Small Moore.
Bibliography:
Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 108–09, no. 283, ill.
Gustavus A. Eisen, Glass: Its Origin, History, Chronology, Technic and Classification to the Sixteenth Century, 2 vols. (New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927), vol. 1, p. 330, pl. 77.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
