Bottle
1st-4th century CE
Description
Bottle; 8-sided body, each side with a depression, flaring neck and mouth. Intact; dirt on interior, pale iridescence. Classification: Isings form 104B
Dimensions
9.8 x 6 cm (3 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Harold Lefroy and Elizabeth Alice Chalifoux, Santa Barbara, CA (by 1953), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1953.
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