Jar
Jar
Place of OriginLikely modern-day Syria
Dateabout 7th-9th century
DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown; tooled; applied decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2029
Not on View
DescriptionLight yellow body; light yellow and purple applied decoration; wide mouth; conical neck; spherical body; shoulder with purple zig-zag; body with four light yellow circular motifs with crimped edges alternating with four purple triangles with folded edges; circular base tooled.
Published ReferencesLamm, Carl Johan, Mittelalterliche Gläser und Steinschnittarbeiten aus dem Nahen Osten, Berlin, 1929-1930, I, fig. 10, p. 78; II, fig. 10, Taf. 21, repr.7th-8th century
9th-10th century
Probably 4th century
about 9th- 12th century
2nd-3rd century CE
4th century CE
5th-6th century
Mid-5th to mid-6th century
about 7th-9th century
Probably 5th century
4th century CE
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