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pitcher

Object NamePitcher

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Techniqueblown, applied, linear-cut, facet-cut

SizeOverall H: 14.6 cm, Diam (max): 8.7 cm

Accession Number95.1.94

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

perhaps Iran

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish green tinge. Blown, applied; linear- and facet-cut. Pitcher: globular. Rim plain, with rounded lip; neck straight and tapering; base plain, with annular pontil mark (D. about 1.6 cm) partly removed by grinding; handle with circular cross section dropped onto wall at greatest diameter, drawn up and in, and attached to top of neck, with bifid thumb-rest at highest point. Decorated on neck, wall, and thumb-rest. Neck has three equidistant, linear-cut V-shaped motifs (H. 2.5 cm) descending from rim, each consisting of two Vs, one inside the other. Body is decorated with panel defined at top by double linear-cut border that is horizontal for most of vessel’s circumference but descends in U-shaped curves below bottom of lower handle attachment, and at bottom by bottom of wall; panel contains four rows of hollow circular facets (D. about 1.2 cm), none of which touches its neighbors; top three rows have 15 facets, and bottom row has 14 facets. Thumb-rest has two horizontal linear cuts on each side.
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