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Object NameJar with Wishbone Handle
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1200-1299
TechniqueBlown in dip mold, applied, marvered
SizeOverall H: 10.1 cm, Diam (max): 7.6 cm
Accession Number64.1.2
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World: So Diverse a Unity
L'Orient de Saladin
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionJar with Wishbone Handle. Translucent purple, with opaque white trail. Blown in dip mold; applied and marvered. Rim outsplayed, horizontal, and with rounded lip; wall is straight and splayed, curving in at bottom; base plain, with low kick; pontil mark circular (D. 1.1 cm). Handle consists of purple trail dropped onto top of rim, drawn up, over mouth, and down, and attached to top of rim; mid-point of handle pinched and pulled upward, so that handle has ogival form; ends of handle pinched and pulled upward as semi-circular projections. Twenty vertical ribs extend from center of base to shortly below rim. Applied decoration: marvered trail dropped onto base, wound spirally 17 times around base and wall, ending just below top of ribs; each circuit has wavy effect created when parison was inserted in dip mold.Provenance
Source
Safani Gallery, Inc.
- 1964-01-30
