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Object NameAmphoriskos (Cosmetic Bottle)

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 1400-1300 BCE

Place MadeEgypt

TechniqueCore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled

SizeOverall H: 11.8 cm, D: 6 cm, Diam (max): 5.3 cm; Rim Diam (max): 3.5 cm

Accession Number50.1.1

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Treasures in Glass

A Wonder to Behold: The Power of Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate

Not On View

Physical DescriptionAmphoriskos (Cosmetic Bottle). Opaque deep blue glass matrix, applied trails of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque light blue, some pinprick bubbles near surface, one large bubble cavity on shoulder, pitted surface is somewhat dull; core-formed, trail-decorated, tooled. (Rounded rim is flattened and thickened, tapers in to almost cylindrical neck, glass was added to form rim before alternating trails of opaque yellow and white were wound on rim and neck thirteen times; heavier trail of opaque turquoise applied on edge of rim after it was decorated by marvering of the trails into the surface and dragging them upward twelve times with a pointed tool and formed. Vessel wall curves out and down forming a tapering ovoid body with greatest diameter at shoulder; an opaque white trail applied below shoulder is wound fifteen times around body; two opaque yellow trails divide the body into three roughly equal sections, all trails are marvered into surface and dragged upward seventeen times at roughly 1 cm. intervals; a single trail of opaque light blue circles the lower section of the body; all trail decoration is marvered into surface; four small loop handles, all broken away, were added to the shoulder after the vessel was decorated; the base is formed by tooling the bottom of the vessel and adding glass, there is some restoration on the foot which makes this area difficult to study.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1938-1950