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Object NameSmall Bowl with Ring-and-Dot Motifs

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

TechniqueBlown, pincered

SizeOverall H: 3.7 cm, Diam (max): 6.3 cm

Accession Number65.1.50

Credit LineGift of Mr. Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

probably Egypt

Physical DescriptionSmall Bowl with Ring-and-Dot Motifs. Transparent pale yellowish green; some bubbles, including one that measures 1.3 cm by 1.6 cm. Blown; pincered. Miniature bowl. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall has convex profile and curves in at bottom; base almost disk-like; pontil mark anular (D. 1.1 cm), with scale. Wall is covered with two continuous horizontal rows of identical pincered elements, with those in lower row directly beneath those in upper row. Each row has eight contiguous or overlapping oval ring-and-dot motifs (H. about 1.4 cm, W. about 2.1 cm), with raised ring and very prominent hemispherical dot. Surfaces behind pincered motifs are plain and slightly recessed.
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