jar
Object NameJar
Made FromGlass
Date500-699
Place MadeRoman Empire; Syria; Palestine
Techniquemold-blown, reworked
SizeOverall H: 9 cm; Body W: 6.1 cm; Rim Diam: 6.1 cm
Accession Number66.1.28
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Book and the Spade
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent brown glass; mold-blown, multi-part mold, rim reworked. Short hexagonal body with straight side; rim outsplayed, turned upward, inward and downward to base of neck, creating rounded tubular lip; neck tapers; low rounded shoulder; base kicked, pontil scar. Mold-blown decoration on body on all six faces, each has rectangular frame composed of small round depressions containing: (1) two concentric lozenges with central boss, with depression in each angle of frame; (2) stylized tree; (3) stylized palm tree; (4) as (1); (5) stylized tree; (6) stylized tree.Provenance
Source
Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller
(Swiss) - 1966-03-09
about 630-700
