Jar
1st - 2nd Century Ad (made)
| Place of origin |
Globular with disk foot, wide short neck and flanged lip. Two small vertical pierced handles on the shoulders
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pale yellowish earthenware covered with a thick green alkaline glaze, now iridescent and discoloured |
| Brief description | Globular, pale yellowish earthenware covered with thick alkaline green glaze, Syrian or Mesopotamian, 1st- 2nd century AD or later |
| Physical description | Globular with disk foot, wide short neck and flanged lip. Two small vertical pierced handles on the shoulders |
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| Credit line | Bought |
| Object history | Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 31 July 1939, lot. 97. According to the Ceramics and Glass Register from 1939, this item was 'formerly part of the collection of Max Ginsberg, Berlin'. |
| Production | So called 'parthian pottery' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.203-1939 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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