fragment
Object NameFragment of Large Globular Vessel
Made FromGlass
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled
SizeOverall H: 4.5 cm, W: 3.6 cm, Th: 6 mm
Accession Number59.1.34
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTurquoise glass matrix with translucent deep blue and opaque white trails, dull surface, pitted with light brown weathering in some areas; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Vessel wall of a large globular form broken on all sides retains portion of four eye motifs each with a blue center cased with white and followed by blue, a wide vertical band consisting of two rods of blue spirally wound with white placed side by side to form a chevron pattern divide the fragment in half.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
25 BCE-99 CE
