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Object NameMosaic Bottle

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 800-899

TechniqueBlown, mosaic technique, applied

SizeOverall H: 8.8 cm; Wall Diam: 4 cm

Accession Number65.1.30

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Ancient

Place Made

Syria

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, probably with yellowish tinge; opaque yellow, red, and white canes; opaque yellow, red, white, and green canes. Blown; cane slices applied. Bottle: cylindrical. Neck narrow at bottom (D. 0.9 cm); shoulder slopes and merges with wall, which is vertical; base is disklike (Th. 0.3 cm), with rounded edge and slightly concave underside; pontil mark apparently annular (D. 1.4 cm). Wall is decorated with four very uneven horizontal rows of cane slices; each row has 10 or 11 slices, which are of two types: (1) with a yellow dot surrounded by (from center to edge) narrow red circle and wider circle of alternating red and white dots or stripes; and (2) with a yellow dot surrounded by (from center to edge) narrow red circle and wider circle of alternating green and white dots or stripes.
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