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Object NamePitcher Pendant

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

Place MadeWestern Roman Empire

TechniqueRod-formed, tooled, applied

SizeOverall H: 2.1 cm

Accession Number54.1.148-2

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPitcher Pendant. Dark blue glass, appearing opaque, body apparently rod-formed, foot tooled, "cage" and handle applied by trailing. Pitcher shape, body consists of narrow cylindrical tube, slightly wider at top; foot apparently formed by tooling the end of the tube into a bulbous disk; on the body, two horizontal trails, one halfway between rim and foot, the other below it; between the horizontal, an openwork "cage" made by applying a single zigzag trail; finally, a fourth trail of yellow glass was dropped onto the cage, drawn upwards to form a handle, attached to the underside of the rim, wound once around the rim.
Provenance

Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976)