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Object NameFragment of Amphoriskos

Made FromGlass

Date1499-1300 BCE

Place MadeEgypt

Techniquecore-formed, trailed, marvered, tooled, applied

SizeOverall H: 2.1 cm, L: 3.7 cm

Accession Number79.1.282

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque green glass, with opaque white and opaque yellow trails, and translucent deep blue handle; formed around removable core, trailed, marvered, and tooled, handle applied. Fragment: shoulder and wall of vessel. Wall decorated with narrow, widely-spaced, alternating white and yellow horizontal trails that were marvered, then dragged up to create loose pattern of festoons. At edge of shoulder, remains of blue loop handle dropped on at two points.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979