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CultureRoman
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  • Pitcher
Date96–192 AD
MediumGlass
Dimensions5 1/4 × 1 3/8 in.

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.106
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Alauf, Baalbek, Syria]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971;
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971;
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.
Published References Hoffman, Herbert. Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections. Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1971. Fig. 225.

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