Pilgrim Flask

Oinochoe

MS4955

From: Israel | Nazareth (Israel)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4955
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Judeo-Christian
Provenience Israel | Nazareth (Israel)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Mould-Blown
Description

Brownish yellow glass with a few seed bubbles and some iridescence. Base concave with pontil mark. Body hexagon shaped. Each face decorated with dots or ripples in glass. Shoulder at 90 degree angle to meet a narrower, cylindrical neck. Upper part of neck flares into trefoil rim. Rim edge rounded, having been folded inward. Ribbon handle connects rim to shoulder with a tag folded out of it near rim, like a thumb rest.

Height 15.4 cm
Width 9.6 cm
Depth 7.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL05 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1022 - Other Number

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