fragment

Object NameFragment of Bottle

Made FromGlass

Date1400-1300 BCE

Place MadeEgypt

Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled

SizeOverall H: 1.9 cm, W: 2.3 cm

Accession Number59.1.26

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionLight turquoise glass, bubbly with some devitrification and thin brown weathering product on surface, trails of opaque white, opaque yellow; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Fragment preserves body of a tapering vessel, possibly a bottle, with festoon decoration of yellow and white which has been dragged upward deeply furrowing the body and creating ribs, on left side a scar of translucent yellow-brown glass may indicate the application of a handle or trail decoration.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1948-07-1959-07-27
Purchased in Luxor, probably 1948

Former Collection Sayed Molattam - 1948-07
Sold in Luxor, probably 1948