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Object NameFragment (Amphoriskos)
Made FromGlass
Date199-1 BCE
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean
Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled
SizeOverall L: 3.9 cm, W: 3 cm
Accession Number59.1.53
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent bluish-green glass, extremely bubbly, unweathered; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Fragment preserves the lower portion of an amphoriskos spirally wound with opaque yellow and opaque white, the pattern has been dragged alternately up and down into an elaborate festoon or feather pattern and all trails are marvered into the surface.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27

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