jar
Object NameJar
Made FromGlass
Date799-600 BCE
Place Madepossibly Mesopotamia; possibly Iran
Techniquecore-formed
SizeOverall H: 9.8 cm, Diam: 3.5 cm
Accession Number74.1.36
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Exhibition of Glass from Private American Collections and the Smithsonian Institution
Archaeology Exhibition
The Book and the Spade
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionOpaque grey-brown glass with opaque white trail decoration, bubbly, dull cracked surface covered with mat iridescence and thin film of brown incrustation in patches; core-formed. Thick flared rim tapers into short cylindrical neck bending out into long piriform body with pointed base, applied trail of opaque white glass marvered into surface and dragged up and down into feathered pattern, two white "ear" handles applied on shoulder.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1974-12-12
