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Object NameFragment of Palm Column Flask
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1240 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecore-formed, trail decorated
SizeOverall H: 5 cm; Base Diam: 1.9 cm
Accession Number58.1.17
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque, nearly black royal blue glass matrix, bubbly, pitted with slightly weathered surface, trails of opaque white and opaque yellow glass; core-formed and trail decorated. Fragment preserves approximately half of the lower section of a palm column flask both in height and circumference; the surface is decorated with thirteen alternating yellow and white trails which have been alternately dragged up and down to form a festooned or feathered pattern, the base has been decorated with a white trail wrapped several times at the bottom; the section allows the view of the interior core with some dark brown core material adhering to the surface, over this is a deposit of kohl and some fibrous material.
Provenance
Source Leopold Blumka (-1973) - 1958-06-05