flask / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1968.02.0244
Object Name: flask
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Weight: 67 g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Flask, free blown with trailed decoration.Cf. Carboni p. 18-19 #1 and Carboni and Whitehouse #27 for examples with the same style of decoration on differently shaped vessels.
Verbatim Date: 6th - 8th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium
Exhibition Curator: Talalay, Lauren
Exhibition Year: 2010
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1968.02.0244
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1968.02.0244/dscn6486.jpg

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