Fragment of a vase
Fragment of a vase
Place of OriginEgypt
DateRoman period
DimensionsL: 3 11/16 in.
MediumGlass, blown
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.640
Not on View
DescriptionRim and shoulder fragment of a large bulbous jar with a vestige of handle attachment. The glass is translucent cobalt blue with opaque white dots spattered onto the surface. The fragment is weathered on the outside. The vessel was free-blown and spattered.
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Late 6th- early 7th century CE
mid-4th to mid-5th century
1st century BCE - 1th century CE
about 578-629
1st century BCE - 1th century CE
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