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Hemispherical Cup

Hemispherical Cup

 
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Object Name: 
Hemispherical Cup
Department
Ancient
Place Made: 
Western Asia, probably Iraq
Date: 
200-699
Color
Colorless, Brown Tinge
AAT
colorless
Technique
Blown, facet-cut
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.3 cm, Diam: 11.6 cm
Accession Number: 
79.1.241
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Cup. Almost colorless, with brown tinge. Blown and facet-cut. Cup: hemispherical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall curves down and in, and merges with base. Exterior covered with contiguous hollow facets arranged in five horizontal rows, surrounding large central facet on base. Facets are of different shapes: pentagonal with rounded top on uppermost row; hexagonal on next three rows; circular on bottom row. Central facet is circular.
Provenance
Strauss, Jerome, Source to 1979

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Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (2005) illustrated, pp. 43-44, #47; BIB# 88262

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