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The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More
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Colorless glass; blown, applied. Beaker in form of truncated cone. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall (Th. 0.1 cm) straight and tapering; base is hollow, shaped like very shallow cone, with rounded edge; pontil mark roughly oval (L. 0.9 cm). Decoration on wall consists of broad register bordered at top by trail (2.7-3.1 cm below rim) wound three times around circumference and at bottom by similar trail (9-9.8 cm below rim), also wound three times around circumference. Register contains, near top, continuous wavy horizontal line; space below this is divided by continuous zigzag trail into eight triangular areas, four above and four below it; each area contains trailed motif, one of which resembles bird in profile facing viewer’s left. Trails have rounded profiles, as if fire-polished.
Publications (3)
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014)
illustrated, p. 162-163, #893;
BIB# 113723
Recent Advances in Glass, Stained-Glass, and Ceramics Conservation 2013 : ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group Interim Meeting and Forum of the International Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Stained Glass (2013)
illustrated, pp. 55-56, fig. 5-7;
BIB# 136796
Du parti pris de la lacune au bien-fonde de la reconstitution: une ligne de conduite pour la restauration des verres archeologiques = Van de conceptvorming over de lacune tot de gegronde reconstructie: een leidraad voor de restauratie van glasvondsten uit (2012)
illustrated, cover (bottom right);
BIB# 142329