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Ancient Art
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late 3rd–4th century A.D.
Free-blown glass, pale bluish green
2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
1955.6.254
Culture:
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Syrian
Period:
Roman-Byzantine
Classification:
Containers - Glass
Provenance:
said to be from Syria
Bibliography:
Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 101, no. 273, ill.
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