fragment
Object Name2 Fragments of Amphoriskos and Aryballos
Made FromGlass
Date599-400 BCE; 99-1 BCE
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean
Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled
Sizea) H: 2.1 cm; b) H: 1.4 cm
Accession Number64.1.223
Credit LineBequest of the Estate of George S. McKearin
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description(a) Turbid greenish-blue glass, bubbly with much stone and streamers, trails of opaque white and opaque yellow; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Fragment preserves lower section of a large amphora, exterior surface retains festoon decoration in yellow and white and several bands of trails which have not been dragged, all are marvered in, reddish core material adheres to interior. (b) Deep greenish-blue glass, trails of turquoise and opaque yellow, dull surface, some scratches; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Fragment preserves body of a small aryballos or alabastron with standard festoon or feather pattern trails, one simple trail in yellow, two yellow and one turquoise dragged up and down in a feather or festoon pattern.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1964-09-09
1400-1085 BCE
1350-1225 BCE
1350-1085 BCE
499-300 BCE
1380-1360 BCE
1400-1360 BCE
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