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Ovoid dish
Roman or Byzantine
Late Imperial or Early Byzantine Period
4th–5th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Glass, free-blown
Dimensions
Height: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.) Diameter: 19.1 (7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Godfrey Peckitt
Accession Number61.1483
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionPushed-in base ring; convex side turning almost vertical; outsplayed, folded rim. Pale greenish. Intact.
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