Object Title
Bottle
Measurements
11 x 16 cm (4 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Creation Date
6th century
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/bottle-602966
Provenance Information
Probably 1960s, acquired by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
Exhibition Information
None known.
Publication Information
None known.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The donors were acquiring other objects of this type in the 1960s, and it is very likely that they also purchased this at that time.