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Object NamePossibly Fragment of Bottle or Pitcher with Animal
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, applied, relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 2.2 cm, W: 3.1 cm
Accession Number68.1.108
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPossibly Fragment of Bottle or Pitcher with Animal. Transparent deep green over colorless; both with very few minute bubbles. Blown, applied; relief-cut. Fragment of bottle or pitcher (?), perhaps with globular body. Upper(?) wall curves out, down, and in. Near assumed top of fragment, part of raised horizontal green band (W. 0.4 cm, Th. 0.1 cm), presumably continuous, cut in overlapping scales. Below this, part of colorless relief-cut animal seen in left profile, apparently with (from left to right) back of neck and head, long lunette-shaped ear, and part of tail.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1968
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50 BCE-25 CE
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99 BCE-99 CE
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900-1099
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50 BCE-25 CE
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800-999
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900-1025