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jar

Object NameJar

Made FromGlass

Date500-699

Place Madepossibly Syria

TechniqueBlown, applied

SizeOverall H: 6.6 cm, Diam (max): 5.8 cm

Accession Number2007.1.32

Credit LineGift of the Wunsch Foundation, Inc.

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionProbably transparent pale green, with deep blue applications. Blown; applied. Jar: globular. Rim plain, with rounded lip; neck narrow, 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 of blue glass; pontil mark impressed (D. about 1.3 cm). Decoration is blue and consists of single horizontal trail with overlapping ends applied to edge of shoulder and three equidistant blobs applied to wall at greatest diameter; each blob is circular (D. 1.5-2 cm) and has been flattened to form disk.
Provenance

Source Wunsch Foundation Inc.