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MS4944

From: Israel | Nazareth (Israel)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4944
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Israel | Nazareth (Israel)
Period Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Threading | Trailing
Description

Pale greenish blue glass with bubbles around rim and base and a little iridescence. Base concave with projecting pontil mark. Body squat and bulbous and decorated with darker teal threading. Just above the base the glass thread is trailed in a zigzag pattern. Above this are 4 to 5 passes of the same color thread in straight horizontal lines. Neck is cylindrical with a thick thread of teal glass around its base. Rim flares dramatically outward and up with a thread around the point where it bends upward. Edge is rounded and a ribbon handle of teal glass connects edge of rim with shoulder.

Height 9.9 cm
Width 8 cm
Depth 7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL10 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 908(?) - Other Number

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