Disk

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Object Name: 
Disk
Accession Number: 
86.1.13
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.4 cm; Foot Ring Diam: 7.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
perhaps 900-1199
Credit Line: 
Bequest of the Estate of Martha J. Herpst
Primary Description: 
Transparent very pale brownish yellow glass; blown, ground. Disk formed from base of vessel. Wall completely removed by grinding; base has splayed tubular foot ring made by folding; floor is almost flat, underside convex; pontil mark circular (D. 1.7 cm).

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Herpst Estate, Martha J., Source
1986-07-31
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Transparent Pale Yellow
Technique: 
blown and tooled; ground

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 93, #768; BIB# 113723