| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 14465 | |
| Title: | PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 14465 | |
| Description: | Cylindrical painted glass bottle. Very similar to MF-6772 (Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 750) except bands encircling medallion (MF-6772 bands green-red-red-green; here gold-green-green-gold here). | |
| Decoration: | Cold-painted decoration: Golden bird facing left with beak, eyes, and head plumage indictaed by lines incised in the gold paint. Conventionalized gold branches with yellow-green leaves fill the field in the medallion. Gold band of medallion encircled by a double yellow-green band, above which gold band with scroll work. | |
| Material: | Opaque dark blue glass with few very small bubbles. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken all around and preserving no edges. Paint fairly well preserved. | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 11th to mid-12th c. based on comparanda in Corinth 12 | |
| Area: | Forum | |
| Context: | NB291 B7 P121 | |
| NB291 B1 P94, LOT 2313 | ||
| LOT 2313 | ||
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum Image: digital 2015 0008 |
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