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jar

Object NameJar

Made FromGlass

Date500-699

TechniqueBlown, applied

SizeOverall H: 6.7 cm, Diam (max): 5.4 cm

Accession Number2007.1.29

Credit LineGift of the Wunsch Foundation, Inc.

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Ancient

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale purple, with deep purple trails. Blown; applied. Jar: globular. Rim plain, with rounded lip; neck short and wider at top than at bottom; shoulder rounded, merging with wall which curves smoothly down, out and in; base consists of thin, disk-shaped pad; pontil mark apparently annular (D. about 1.1 cm). Applied decoration consists of single horizontal trail on edge of shoulder and similar trail on lower wall; between and touching them, two trails applied in overlapping zigzag pattern to make irregular band of triangles with apexes alternately at top and at bottom, and several lozenges.
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