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Object Name6 Fragments of Jars and Flasks
Made FromGlass
Date1350-1225 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number54.1.158
Credit LineGift of Fahim Kouchakji
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAll fragments from core-formed vessels which have subsequently been trail-decorated and tooled. (I) Translucent deep blue glass appearing opaque with opaque yellow and opaque white trails, bubbly glass with some white stone, unweathered. Fragment preserves lower section of a large lentoid flask with feathered or festoon decoration. (II) Translucent deep blue glass appearing opaque with trails of turquoise, opaque white and opaque yellow glass, unweathered. Fragment preserves shoulder of a large jar or bottle with elaborate feather or festoon decoration in alternating white or turquoise bordered by heavy trail of yellow all of which have been dragged up and down and subsequently marvered. (III) Translucent bluish-green glass with trail-decoration of opaque green and opaque yellow, bubbly glass, some stone with slightly pitted surface. Fragment preserves globular section of a small lentoid flask with narrow trails of yellow and green carelessly dragged up and down into a rather clumsy feather pattern. (IV) Translucent deep blue glass appearing opaque with trails of opaque white, opaque yellow and opaque light blue, unweathered. Fragment preserves thickened rim and cylindrical neck decorated overall with alternating trails of yellow, blue and white, subsequently dragged upward into a festoon pattern and subsequently marvered into the surface; the rim was formed after the decoration was added and is roughly triangular in cross section. (V) Translucent deep blue glass with applied trails of opaque yellow, opaque white, turquoise and turbid medium blue, slightly weathered, dull surface. Fragment preserves thickened rim and wide cylindrical neck decorated overall with alternating trails of yellow, turbid blue, white, yellow and turquoise dragged up and subsequently marvered into the surface, the rim formed after the decoration was applied and subsequently elaborated with a coil of blue glass spirally wound with opaque white applied to the edge of the rim.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
