flask fragment / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0909
Object Name: flask fragment
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Length: 4.0cm
Height: 4.7cm
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Fragment of a bottle. Curving shoulder section with part of the base of the neck. Free blown of translucent purple glass with greenish-yellowish stain. Two horizontal lines at shoulder and around base of neck. Decoration below shoulder a sketchy vegetal design enclosed in triangles and two “peas” in an oval “pod”. Below neck two triangles enclosing sketchy vegetal design.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 11th- early 12th centuries
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.0909
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0909/1970_03_0909

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