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Object NameJar with Two Handles and Applied Zig Zag Decoration
Made FromGlass
Date300-425
Place Madeancient Syro-Palestine (Syria, Lebanon, or Israel)
TechniqueBlown, applied, trailed
SizeOverall Diam (max): 8 cm; Rim H: 9 cm
Accession Number69.1.33
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass Workshop
Ancient Roman Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionJar with Two Handles and Applied Zig Zag Decoration. Transparent light olive green glass; blown, handles applied, decoration trailed. Globular body; rounded rim, which tapers to hollow folded flange; neck tapers; base pushed in with prominent pontil scar; translucent bluish-green handles applied to rim and shoulder, one touching and other also attached to flange; applied translucent bluish-green decoration, consisting of thin horizontal trail around body at maximum diameter, with zigzag trail below. Glass has small bubbles.Provenance
Source
Mrs. Thomas Staley
- 1969
1300-1399
probably 1850-1900
300-399
possibly about 1887; perhaps 1312-1326
about 1310-1330
100-299