jar

Object NameJar with Two Handles

Made FromGlass

Date400-599

Techniqueblown, pincered, applied

SizeOverall H: 8.6 cm, W: 9.8 cm, D: 6.5 cm

Accession Number82.1.6

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Byzantine Empire; Syro-Palestine

Physical DescriptionColorless glass with aqua tinge, applied deep blue trails; blown with pinched applied trail decoration. Globular body with wide rounded rim, wide long neck tapers slightly into globular body with flattened base; heavy blue trail applied at rim, thin trails on neck spiral downward, seven horizontal pinched decorations below greatest diameter, heavy blue trail applied above and into these in a zigzag pattern, above this a series of thin blue trails carelessly pinched together to form an oval or "spectacle" pattern, over this pattern, two opposing handles were applied at the shoulder and pulled up to the rim; slightly kicked base, pontil mark.
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