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Bottle with pinched decoration
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
6th–7th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Glass, free-blown and tooled
Dimensions
Height: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Godfrey Peckitt
Accession Number61.1420
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSpherical body with a series of horizontal pinched protrusions just above middle; short neck; folded-in rim. Pale blue-green. Intact; some iridescence.
ProvenanceFrom a collection formed in Egypt in the early 20th century, probably by Reginald Godfrey Peckitt, Esq, formerly of the Egyptian State Railways; by 1961: Mrs. Godfrey Peckitt Collection, 1826 24th Street, N.W., Washington 8, D.C.; gift of Mrs. Godfrey Peckitt to MFA, December 13, 1961