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Object NameOenochoe (Pitcher) Decorated with Spikes

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 650-550 BCE

TechniqueCore-formed, tooled

SizePreserved H: 7.1 cm; Reconstructed H: 9.1 cm; Body Diam (max): 4.6 cm

Accession Number71.1.6

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Northern Italy

Physical DescriptionOenochoe (Pitcher) Decorated with Spikes. Translucent greenish-blue glass, pitted with patches of iridescent film and strain cracking over entire body; core-formed and tooled. Rim and neck missing, base of narrow cylindrical neck spreads out into ovoid body decorated with six horizontal rows of spikes or prunts with rounded tips; upper rows appear to have been worked out of the matrix while lower rows seem to have been applied trails which were then pulled up and out by tooling; lower section has heavy applied trail worked out into a disc forming the bottom of the vessel, a short stem and pad base is worked out below this disc.
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