vessel fragments / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0932f
Object Name: vessel fragments
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Height: 3.6-3.9
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Small bowl glued together out of ten fragments. Free blown of translucent almost colorless glass. Sides flare out to plain, slightly thickened rim. Bottom has off-center kick and pontil mark. Large bubble in the kick. Opaque blue glass blob in wall of bowl, and blue glass flecks near rim. Glass very bubbly. Over all brown discoloration, milky weathering and light iridescence. One rim section missing.; Cf. Nishapur #19-21.
Verbatim Date: 10th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.0932f
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0932f/1970_03_0932f

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