Possibly Fragment of Beaker with Vegetal Motif

Object Name: 
Possibly Fragment of Beaker with Vegetal Motif

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Object Name: 
Possibly Fragment of Beaker with Vegetal Motif
Accession Number: 
76.1.286
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Credit Line: 
Gift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Primary Description: 
Possibly Fragment of Beaker with Vegetal Motif. Colorless. Blown; relief-cut. Fragment from wall of beaker(?). Wall (TTh. 0.2 cm) straight and probably tapering. Decorated in relief (Th. 0.1 cm) with small part of frieze that has upper border consisting of horizontal rib. Surviving part of frieze contains vegetal motif represented by two notched lines. One line comprises stem extending upward and curving to left; second line springs from first and spirals outward and down, and terminates in small budlike element.

More Info

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

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 202, #340; BIB# 113723