Pomegranate Glass Flask
Description: | Glass flask in the form of a pomegranate. Body cream-coloured, original colour indecipherable; opaque white and opaque orange trails. Splayed rim formed by six triangular, pointed calyx-tips, bent outwards; cylindrical neck joining shoulder in curve; almost spherical body with rounded bottom. On body two groups of opaque combed trails: (a) on upper half, three trails, white, orange, and white, combed into upright festoons; (b) on lower half, two trails, white and orange, combed into inverted festoons. Core-formed and tooled, trails marvered and combed. Dimensions: Diameter: 6.30 centimetres; Height: 5.70 centimetres max Object Type: flask Techniques: core-formed; trailed; tooled; marvered; combed Condition: Rim and neck missing, body repaired over a solid core of clay or lime. Completely devitrified; no remaining trace of glassy structure. |
Period: | Late Bronze Age III |
Date: | 1340 - 1050 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Enkomi |
Accession Number: | 1897,0401.925 |