Bottle

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Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

1st century

Roman; Levant or Syria

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Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Bottle
Origin: Syria
Date: 1 CE–100 CE
Medium: Glass, blown technique
Dimensions: H. 10.2 cm (4 in.); diam. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
Reference Number: 1947.887

Wanda Odell, “Ancient Glass: The Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Robinson Collection, Gallery 5A, The Art Institute of Chicago,” 1940, unpublished catalogue in curatorial object file, Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art, Art Institute of Chicago.
Karen B. Alexander and Mary Greuel. Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1990), cat. 80.

Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, by 1931; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.

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