jar
Object NameJar
Made FromGlass
Date1225-1085 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecore-formed
SizeOverall H: 8.5 cm, Diam: 8.4 cm
Accession Number74.1.34
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Exhibition of Glass from Private American Collections and the Smithsonian Institution
Glass from the Ancient World
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent amethyst glass, bubbly some white stone in foot, surface dull with thin irregular film of silvery iridescence; core-formed. Heavy rim, rounded by reheating, constricts before forming short wide cylindrical neck; wall bends out to form shoulder before tapering in to inverted and truncated conical body with slightly convex wall; pad base tooled and flattened with kick in center.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1974-12-12
