Fragment with Bird

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Object Name:

Fragment with Bird

Department

Ancient

Category

Islamic

Place Made:

probably Egypt

Date:

about 900-1099

Color

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colorless

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blue

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brown

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purple

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gold

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opalescence

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      - opalescence (ref)

Technique

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glassblowing

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enameling

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Material

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glass

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enamel

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Dimensions:

Overall W: 6.7 cm, D: 4.5 cm

Accession Number:

55.1.154

Location:

On Display

Description

Clear glass with blue tint; surface slightly cloudy and pitted; free blown and enameled (luster enamel); curved (spherical) section of a vessel; enamel on both sides in brown-purple and golden-opalescent colors, showing a bird and traces of at least two others.

Provenance

Smith, Ray Winfield, Source

1955-09-09

Exhibitions (2)
Publications (2)

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Venue(s)

Musee de Mariemont 1954 through 1954

Publications

Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) pp. 258-259, #521; BIB# 27315

Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) p. 46, #269; BIB# 28196

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