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Object NameSmall Bottle with Vegetal Ornament

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Techniqueblown, linear-cut, slant-cut

SizeOverall H: 6 cm, Diam (max): 3.5 cm

Accession Number53.1.51

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Near East; probably Egypt; possibly Persia

Physical DescriptionBottle with Vegetal Ornament. Almost colorless, but with yellow tint; few minute bubbles and impurities. Blown; linear- and slant-cut. Bottle: rim plain, with flat upper surface; neck cylindrical; body roughly globular; base diskoid, with splayed side; base plain, with ground and polished underside. Decorated on neck and wall. On neck: band of three linear-cut chevrons, which form one more or less continuous zigzag, bordered by pair of horizontal grooves at top and single groove at bottom; on wall: two similar slant-cut vegetal elements, each consisting of curving stem terminating in volutes at both ends, separated by two linear-cut Y-shaped motifs and bordered by pair of horizontal grooves at top and single groove at bottom.
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