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MS4936
From: Israel | Nazareth (Israel)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4936 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Israel | Nazareth (Israel) |
Date Made | 200-399 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Blown | Threading |
Description | Greenish blue glass with a few bubbles and some iridescence. Concave base with ribs radiating from center pontil mark up the lower third of the body. Bulbous body. Where ribs end a trailing thread of teal blue glass covers them. Above the trailing thread are 6 passes of same thread in straight, horizontal lines. Neck pinched in and flares out again. Rim turns inward to form a toros profile and is then vertical with a slight outward flaring. Rim edge rounded. Two teal blue ribbon handles connect rim to shoulder just above threading. |
Height | 14.4 cm |
Outside Diameter | 15.2 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
Other Number | GL24 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2960 - Other Number |
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