jar
Object NameJar
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 900-1099
Place Madeprobably Egypt
TechniqueBlown in dip mold
SizeOverall H: 4.9 cm, Diam (max): 5.8 cm
Accession Number53.1.29
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionJar. Transparent bluish green; many bubbles, largest of which is 1.5 cm long. Blown in dip mold. Jar: cylindrical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; neck short and cylindrical; shoulder very narrow and sloping; wall vertical, curving in at bottom; base flat; pontil mark irregular (W. about 1.4 cm). Decorated on wall and underside of base. On wall, extending from top to bottom: continuous row of 27 oval indentations (H. 1 cm, W. 0.4 cm) above continuous row of 10 circular bosses, each surrounded by depressed circle (D. 1.4 cm), which is incomplete at bottom; between upper and lower rows of decoration, 10 small circular indentations, one between tops of each pair of circles. On base, three concentric raised circles (D. 1.6, 2.4, and 4 cm); between innermost and central circles, indistinct depressions; between central and outermost circles, indistinct but perhaps circular depressions; between outermost circle and edge of base, more indistinct but perhaps circular depressions.Provenance
Source
Mrs. C. de la Haye Montbault
- 1953-08-01
Former Collection
Maurice Nahman
(French, 1868-1948)
