fragment
Object NameFragment of Krateriskos or Bowl
Made FromGlass
Date1499-1300 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecore-formed, trailed, marvered, tooled, applied
SizeOverall H: 2.9 cm, L: 2.8 cm
Accession Number79.1.285
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque deep blue glass, with opaque white, opaque yellow, and opaque pale green trails, and translucent deep blue handle; formed around removable core, trailed, marvered, and tooled, handle applied. Fragment: neck and wall of krateriskos or bowl. Lower part of neck vertical; wall curves outward, downward and inward. Wall decorated with narrow, widely-spaced, alternating white, yellow and yellow overlaid with green horizontal trails that were marvered, then dragged up to create loose pattern of festoons. At greatest diameter of wall, remains of blue loop handle dropped on at two points.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
1300-1399
1975-2010
375-200 BCE
probably 1850-1900
1975-2010
1499-1300 BCE