Flask
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Core-formed cobalt blue unguent jar, in the form of a footed amphora, with a lip and foot rimmed with yellow. The neck and body is decorated with applied thread decoration in alternating turquoise and yellow, and there are separately formed handles in blue.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Core-formed glass with applied thread decoration |
| Brief description | Glass flask of footed amphora shape, in turquoise decorated with alternating dark blue and yellow wavy lines, and with blue handles. Egypt (probably Malqata or el-Amarna), New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 |
| Physical description | Core-formed cobalt blue unguent jar, in the form of a footed amphora, with a lip and foot rimmed with yellow. The neck and body is decorated with applied thread decoration in alternating turquoise and yellow, and there are separately formed handles in blue. |
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| Object history | The original accession registers for this object state that it is said to have come from a Greek tomb. Purchased from John Webb. |
| Other number | 8000 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 984-1868 |
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| Record created | May 18, 2017 |
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