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pitcher

Object NamePitcher

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

TechniqueBlown, tooled, applied

SizeOverall H: 24 cm, Diam (max): 10.9 cm

Accession Number54.1.96

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass Workshop

Place Made

ancient Syro-Palestine (Syria, Lebanon, or Israel)

Physical DescriptionTransparent light green glass; blown, tooled; handle and trails applied. Rim outsplayed and rounded, perhaps by folding downward and inward; neck narrows and then swells out in continuous curve to slender pear-shape body; base pushed in to form splayed hollow foot ring; pontil mark; reeded strap handle dropped on to upper part of body drawn up and in, and attached to underside of rim after turning back, over, and back to meet first fold; two trails: (1) immediately below rim, (2) at bottom of neck; decorated on body between base of handle and bottom with four zones of lightly engraved parallel lines, each 0.7 cm. wide.
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