Fayoum / Conical Vase / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5307b
- Object Name
- Conical Vase
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Height
- 19.5
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Mould-blown vessel. Brown. Rim folded in and downward. Tall cylindrical neck, with moulded negro head at base. Nearly horizontal shoulders. body of vase is roughly conical. Two mould blown boys stand on opposite sides of body and have arms wrapped around it. Their heads up against side of vessel turn in opposite directions. Lower parts of their body rendered in snaky curve. Projecting ridge extends up opposite sides of vessel due to loose-fitting mould. Base is round, offset, and has continuation of that projecting ridge. Pontil mark. One side of vase repaired in atiquity (?) with fragment of glass that was fused on carelessly. Crusty around repair patch. Stress cracking. Frosty throughout.
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Countermark
- no
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 146 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5307b
- Link to this Item
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"Fayoum; Conical Vase; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5307b/0000_00_5307bp01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.