Aryballos

MS4999

From: Syria | Aleppo

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4999
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Syria | Aleppo
Period Roman Period
Date Made 0-99 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown
Description

Cobalt blue

Intact. Flat base, bulbous shape; two coil handles at shoulders, short neck, rim rolled outward and upward. Handles, coil type at shoulders. Blue glass: relatively thin, blue, heavily iridescent at handles. Wheel cut lines and groove on body. Blown.

Height 7.3 cm
Outside Diameter 6.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL08 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2149 - Other Number

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