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Object NameFragment of Bottle with Hare

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Techniqueblown, relief-cut

SizeOverall Max. Dim: 6.3 cm, Diam (max. est.): about 14 cm

Accession Number79.1.312

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

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Ancient

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish tinge. Blown; relief-cut. Fragment from shoulder and upper wall of bottle (OTh. 0.25 cm) decorated in relief (Th. 0.1 cm). Decoration consists of, on shoulder, parts of curving stem and tendril; on upper wall, part of hare running in left profile. It has pointed snout, eye represented by countersunk dot, and long ear extending behind head; neck is filled with transverse hatching; and left leg reaches forward. It carries stem in its mouth. Snout and ear have incised details. Above hare’s head is curved stem with curling tendril. Stems on shoulder, above hare, and in hare’s mouth are notched.
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