Saddleflask

MS5103

From: Palestine | Philistia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5103
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Palestine | Philistia
Date Made 200-399 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown
Description

Glass clear bluish green with cobalt additions. Rim folded inward and down; tubular body pinched down the center creating two chambers; probably unflattened base (no visible pontil mark). From below rim up to rim, 4 small handles; from the tops of these spring four more arching handles, 2 of which are made by folding together at the center and attaching to the common wall pf the tubes, the other 2 handle ends are laid on the intersection of the arches. One final handle springs from the arch of one handle below it to the arch of the opposite handle. Blown, with tooled additions. Base chipped off, otherwise intact. Slightly dulled inside; no iridescence.

Height 21 cm
Width 7 cm
Depth 6 cm
Outside Diameter 3.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL14 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number | 3046 - Other Number

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