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Object Name: 
Fragment
Department
Ancient
Category
Islamic
Place Made: 
Islamic
Date: 
800-999
Color
Colorless, transparent blue
AAT
colorless
Technique
Blown, cased or applied, and relief-cut
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.7 cm, W: 2.5 cm
Accession Number: 
68.1.122
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Transparent blue over colorless. Blown, cased or applied, and relief-cut. Fragment: flat. Colorless glass (Th. 0.15 cm) has relief cut overlay (Th. 0.1 cm) with part of apparently symmetrical motif: rectangular central portion (L. more than 1.0 cm, W. 0.45 cm) bifurcates at one end, with trace of element in relief between forks, and appears to expand or bifurcate at other end; central element five symmetrically placed cuts and forks are notched.
Provenance
Smith, Ray Winfield, Source
1968

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Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass (2010) illustrated, pp. 323-324, #573; BIB# 113723

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