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Footed bottle

Roman or Byzantine
Late Imperial or Early Byzantine Period
about 4th century A.D.

Medium/Technique Glass, free-blown and tooled with applied foot and decoration
Dimensions Height: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz
Accession Number07.114
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Ancient Glass (MFA), no. 50.
DescriptionSeparate conical foot; pear-shaped body with vertical indentations on lower part; rounded shoulder; long, tubular neck; funnel mouth. Spiral coils around mouth. Pale green. Intact; heavy iridescence with patches of gritty encrustation.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mrs. W. Scott Fitz Collection (according to MFA file card: from Syria); gift of Mrs. W. Scott Fitz to MFA, March 14, 1907