Cylindrical Tube

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Object Name: 
Cylindrical Tube
Place Made: 
Near East
Accession Number: 
59.1.488
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.3 cm, W: 3.6 cm; Base Diam: 3.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 600-699
Primary Description: 
Transparent deep green. Blown, perhaps in mold, and cut. Tube: cylindrical. Wall descends vertically, then splays at bottom; base plain, with beveled edge. Wall is decorated with four horizontal rows of relief-cut facets arranged in quincunx; each row contains three facets and each facet is oval, being slightly taller than it is wide, about 0.35 cm deep, and with convex upper surface. Underside of base is ground and polished.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Color: 
Transparent deep green
Technique: 
Blown, Cut
Inscription: 
Paris 1961 [printed in black ink] / Com. 8 / C. 887 [hand-written in black ink].
label
: 
on underside of base white paper label (1.5 cm square) with serrated edges and printed and hand-written inscriptions

Exhibitions (1)

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Publications (2)

Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (2005) illustrated, p. 57, #67; BIB# 88262
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) p. 283, #599; BIB# 27315