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MS4947

From: Palestine | Sejed

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4947
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Palestine | Sejed
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown | Threading
Description

Pale greenish blue glass with some iridescnece. Base concave with pontil mark and a ring foot. Squat bulbous body with narrow neck. Around middle of neck is thick thread of same glass, now broken. Rime flares dramatically from neck and has 5 passes of glass thread along it. Edge rounded. Single ribbon handle connects rim to shoulder.

Height 12 cm
Width 7.6 cm
Depth 8.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL11 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number | 900 - Other Number

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