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Molar Flask

Object NameSmall Bottle

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Place Madepossibly Egypt; possibly Iran

Techniqueblown (probably mold-blown), facet-cut

SizeOverall: 6.1 cm; Body W: 1.8 cm; Lower Neck Diam: 1.3 cm

Accession Number76.1.301

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent deep green. Blown (probably mold-blown); facet-cut. Bottle. Lower neck cut in vertical facets, which terminate at continuous horizontal groove near junction with shoulder; this is almost flat, with rounded edge; wall descends vertically and has square cross section; base has four small feet. Facet- and relief-cut decoration on wall, consisting of, at each angle, one narrow rhombic motif extending from shoulder to foot, with knob at midpoint. Between each pair of rhombic motifs, one V-shaped cut on upper wall and one inverted V below it.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)