fragment
Object NameFragment Bottle or Amphoriskos
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1300 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated and tooled
SizeOverall H: 2.4 cm, W: 2.4 cm
Accession Number59.1.28
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent bluish-turquoise glass, dull with streaks of devitrification spalling off surface, wear scratches, translucent light blue and opaque white trails; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Fragment preserves thickened shoulder or lower base of a tapering vessel such as an amphoriskos with wide alternating trails of blue and white pulled one direction and subsequently marvered into the surface.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1948-07-1959-07-27
Purchased in Luxor, probably 1948
Purchased in Luxor, probably 1948
Former Collection
Sayed Molattam
- 1948-07
Sold in Luxor, probably 1948
Sold in Luxor, probably 1948
