Fragment of Jar

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Jar
Accession Number: 
64.1.68
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.4 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 3 cm; Estiamte Bottom of Wall Diam (max): about 8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1200-1299
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Jar. Transparent light purple, with opaque white trails. Blown in dip mold; applied, marvered. Fragment of jar shaped like truncated cone. Rim thickened, with flat top; walls splays and curves in at bottom; base slightly concave; pontil mark roughly circular (D. 1.1 cm). Fragment has four (of estimated total of about 24) prominent ribs extending from center of base to about 2 cm below rim. Applied decoration: unmarvered trail covers top of rim and extends in spiral just over 1 cm down wall; marvered trail dropped onto center of base and wound spirally 19 times around base and wall, ending just below top of ribs; each circuit has wavy effect, probably created when parison was inserted in dip mold.
Provenance: 
el Chaer, Mohamed abd El Rahim, Source
1964
Category: 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 206, #967; BIB# 113723