Early Christian Glass Jar with a Cross and a Branch

Culture: Byzantine

Period: 5th century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 6.4 cm high

Price: 600 Euro

Ref: 3680

Provenance: German private collection, acquired prior to 2011.

Condition: On one edge with several stable cracks, but complete.

Description: Thick-walled small jar of green clear glass blown into form. The square body stands on a concave base with remains of the rib. The outside is alternately decorated with a cross and a palm branch. The neck is short and cylindrical, the spout is pulled outwards with a turned outwards and rounded rim. The vessel could have been used as an inkwell. From the eastern Mediterranean region.