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Purple Flask with White Trail
| Collection number | ガ035-0277 |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Syria |
| Period | Roman period |
| Date | ca. A.D. 1-50 |
| Material | Glass |
| Dimension | H. 7.5 cm |
| Comment | A small bottle with a striped pattern of white opaque glass in violet transparent glass. Free-blown, the mouth rim has been folded inwards; a tool has been used to form a flat base, and the pontil mark is indistinct. A part of the mouth rim is missing. The strands of white opaque glass decorating the violet transparent glass have been applied in a feather pattern by combing alternately up and down. |
| Classification | glass vessel |
| Keyword | Purple Tiny,Beautiful Western Asia,Syria Glass Vessel,Bottle,Flask Pattern,Feathered |