Possibly Fragment with Bird

Object Name: 
Possibly Fragment with Bird

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Object Name: 
Possibly Fragment with Bird
Accession Number: 
76.1.287
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 with Bird. Colorless. Blown; relief-cut. Fragment probably from neck or wall of bottle. Side (TTh. 0.3 cm) is straight and either vertical or nearly vertical. Decorated in relief with part of bird or birdlike creature with body shown in outline, which is partly notched; folded wing with semicircular covert and pointed tip; long, tapering tail; and short leg indicated by single line. Details of wing are linear-cut, and tail extends in crescent-shaped stages.

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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 (2)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, pp. 256-257, #434; BIB# 113723
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) p. 49, #298; BIB# 28196