Fayoum / vase / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5298
- Object Name
- vase
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Length
- ;
- Width
- ;
- Height
- 35.0;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;1136g
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Very thick glass. Rim bulges out, then narrows to vertical edges, (somewhat broken away). Below short neck constriction, body is elongated ovoid shape, tapering continually to bottom. One side near shoulder, is flattened. Base concave, with pontil mark. Two opposing handles on shoulder. Millefiori pattern consists of vertical rows of alternating star patterns, on blue ground. One star motif is white with red dot in center and other is purple and blue, with yellow dot in center.
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Less Than Perfect
- Exhibition Curator
- Sinopoli, Carla
- Exhibition Year
- 2016
- Publication Title
- Roman Glass from Karanis Found by the University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition in Egypt, 1924-29
- Publication Author
- Harden, D.B.
- Publication Year
- 1936
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 1704 x 2272
- File Size
- 251 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5298
- Link to this Item
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"Fayoum; vase; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5298/0000_00_5298p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.