Jar

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Object Name: 
Jar
Place Made: 
possibly Egypt
Egypt, Cairo, Fustat (excavated)
Accession Number: 
67.1.28
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.7 cm, Diam (max): 7.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Credit Line: 
Gift of the American Research Center in Egypt
Primary Description: 
Transparent deep green (“bottle green”) glass; bubbles. Blown; applied. Jar: pear-shaped. Rim in form of horizontal flange, which was folded up and in, and has rounded rim; neck cylindrical, wider at bottom than at top; wall curves down, out, and in at bottom; base plain, with slight kick and corresponding bulge in floor; pontil mark (D. about 1.1. cm). At bottom of neck, single thick trail wound once around circumference.

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Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
American Research Center in Egypt, Source
1967
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
deep green
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
Material: 
glass

Publications (3)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 173-174, #911; BIB# 113723
Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period (2001) #32e, pp. 63-65, fig. 32e, Pl. 32e; BIB# 75800
Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking (1982) illustrated, pp. 30, 32-33, fig. 13; BIB# 30609