pitcher
Object NamePitcher
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place Madeancient Syro-Palestine (Syria, Lebanon, or Israel)
TechniqueBlown, tooled, applied
SizeOverall H: 24 cm, Diam (max): 10.9 cm
Accession Number54.1.96
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass Workshop
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Mathias Komor
- 1954-11-16
25 BCE-99 CE
