Amphora

MS4828

From: Syria | Aleppo

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4828
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Syria | Aleppo
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown | Threading
Description

Dark green glass with heavy iridescence. Amphora with pointed base widening to shoulders. Narrow neck flaring out to rim. Edge of rim folded inward making it rounded. Around neck and just under rim's edge are thick threads of same glass. Two ribbon handles connect from just under mid-neck thread to top of shoulder.

Height 18.6 cm
Outside Diameter 7.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Michael Dumari, 1912
Other Number GL16 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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