fragment
Object NameFragment of Bottle or Amphoriskos
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1300 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled, marvered
SizeOverall H: 3.5 cm, W: 3 cm
Accession Number59.1.21
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent bluish-turquoise glass, bubbly, dull surface with some pinprick bubbles, opaque white and opaque yellow trails; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Fragment preserves tapering lower section of a medium-sized vessel with tips of downward dragged festoon or feather pattern subsequently marvered into the surface.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
