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bottle

Object NameBottle
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1100-1299
Place Madeperhaps Egypt
TechniqueBody blown in dip mold
SizeOverall H: 8.8 cm, Diam (max): 7.5 cm
Accession Number98.1.103
Credit LineGift of the Wunsch Foundation, Inc.
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionBottle. Transparent bluish green. Body blown in dip mold. Bottle: roughly globular. Rim plain, with rounded lip; neck cylindrical; shoulder slopes, with rounded edge; wall curves out, down, and in; base plain, with low kick; pontil mark almost circular (D. 1.3 cm). Decorated in relief, from edge of shoulder to bottom of wall, with two registers of rosettes: upper register has five almost circular rosettes, each with dot at center and eight radiating petals, which are pointed at inner end and rounded at outer end; lower register has six rosettes, which are similar but oval and have tops truncated by rosettes in upper register.
Provenance
Source Wunsch Foundation Inc. - 1998-11-15
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