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Pale Blue Jar with Dark Blue-Green Decoration

4th - 5th century AD

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Fire-rounded rim, pulled up; neck folds in to fold back out were an open projecting roll is formed; then it goes back in to fluently run over into the body; globular body; concave base with outspoken pontil mark. Three coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim; beneath the handles run three thin threads that form 3 horizontal lines; on the middle of the body runs one thick thread in zigzag pattern; under this run three thin threads that form three horizontal lines; again followed by one thick thread that forms a zigzag pattern on the lower part of the body. No residue; very well preserved.

Details

  • Title: Pale Blue Jar with Dark Blue-Green Decoration
  • Date Created: 4th - 5th century AD
  • Physical Dimensions: Height: 13.7 cm., Diameter (rim): 10.7 cm., Diameter (base): 8.4 cm., Thickness (rim): 0.1 cm.
  • Type: Utilitarian
  • Medium: Glass
  • Registration Number: 1907.75.6

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