Jar
Jar
Place of OriginProbably Syria
Dateabout 7th-9th century
DimensionsH: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown; tooled; applied decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2050
Not on View
DescriptionColorless body; applied blue decoration; thick blue thread applied at rim; neck tapers slightly toward juncture with body; upper half of neck with thin blue spiral thread; horizontal shoulder; four applied blue forms, possibly birds, on edge of shoulder; between birds, four small pinched ribs; body narrows towards base.
about 7th-9th century
7th-10th century
Fourth century
12th-14th century
Probably fourth century
Sixth to early seventh centuries
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
about 12th century
about 12th-13th century
3rd century BCE
2nd-3rd century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
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