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MS5210

From: Syria | Aleppo

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5210
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic
Provenience Syria | Aleppo
Date Made 7th–8th century CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Mosaic | Blown
Description

Opaque black glass with some iridescence and encrustation. Vial with rounded bottom. Bottom has slightly flattened area from pontil mark. Body flares from base to shoulder and is decorated with 6 trailing horizontal bands of opaque reddish-brown glass. Shoulder turns inward to meet narrow base of neck. Neck flares and ends in rounded edge of rim.

Height 10.9 cm
Outside Diameter 2.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL03 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2977 - Other Number

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