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Bottle (Omom)
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Bottle (Omom)

Place of OriginProbably Syria
Dateabout 12th-13th century
DimensionsH: 4 3/4 in. (11.7 cm); Rim Diam: 3/8 in. (1 cm); Body Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Body Thickness: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, applied handles, applied and partly marvered decoration.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1978.21
Not on View
DescriptionLight purple body and applied handles; applied white deocration; neck widens toward juncture with shoulder; applied white spiral thread from middle of neck to top of handle (not marvered in); two small handles extend from neck to shoulder; flattened spherical body; body with applied spiral thread; marvered in at bottom, partly marvered in at top.

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