Fragment of Beaker

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Beaker
Accession Number: 
76.1.271
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Credit Line: 
Gift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Primary Description: 
Almost colorless, with yellowish tinge. Blown; linear-cut. Fragment of beaker with straight, tapering wall (Th. 0.1 cm). Ornament consists of horizontal band with groove at top and at bottom. Band contains row of roughly semicircular motifs projecting downward from upper border and upward from lower border, each of which contains pair of short cuts and several incised dots; upper and lower semicircles touch one another. Spaces between each pair of semicircles are filled with crosshatching.

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Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Berkowitz, Carl, Source
1976-01-01
Content, Derek, Source
1976-01-01
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Former Collection
Category: 
Islamic

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 115, #185; BIB# 113723