Object Number | MS222 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Phoenicia |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 200-399 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Mould-Blown |
Description | Light green glass. Flaring rim, cylindrical neck. Ovoid body; fluted with 9 ribs from shoulder to constriction at base. Base rounded, slightly concave, with pontil mark. From lip to shoulder a single angular handle of the same glass, but with a core of turquoise and a thread of red glass on one side of that; handle is folded at lip just above a single trail. Another single trail on neck. Body mold blown. Vertical hole in body the size of one rib. Surface dulled and pitted; incipient iridescence. |
Height | 13.7 cm |
Outside Diameter | 6.3 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of John H. Harrison, 1895 |
Other Number | GL11 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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