Bust of Male Head

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Object Name: 
Bust of Male Head
Accession Number: 
86.1.7
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.8 cm, W: 7.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1900-1986
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ernesto Wolff
Primary Description: 
Translucent greenish-blue with opaque yellow and greenish-yellow streaks. Cast in two-piece mold. Three dimensional bust; male head shown frontally, inclined slightly to left; beardless, fleshy features and thick curly hair, with curls falling over forehead, covering ears and extending down sides of neck; tall crown or headdress, perhaps with drapery at back of head and shoulders; thick neck terminating in squared-off torso; mold seams run vertically from top of crown to bottom of shoulders, behind positions of ears; one part of mold (face) relatively detailed, the other relatively plain; all surfaces, including bottom, show many creases, where viscous glass was forced into mold; bottom has ridged appearance, as though retaining impression of tool used to push glass into mold.
Provenance: 
Wolf, Ernesto, Source
1986-04-01
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Three (2003) illustrated, p. 110, #1068; BIB# 58895