Fragment of Bottle

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bottle
Accession Number: 
64.1.227
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.1 cm; Estimate Diam: about 4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1200-1299
Credit Line: 
Bequest of the Estate of George S. McKearin
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Bottle. Translucent purple, with opaque white trail. Blown; applied, dragged, and marvered. Fragment of bottle or bowl. Wall (Th. 0.3-0.2 cm) curves down, out, and in. Decorated with spirally wound trail (four revolutions of which are present), which was dragged up and down to form pattern of adjoining festoons (parts of two survive), and marvered.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient; Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1964-09-09
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
purple
white
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
marvering
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 211-212, #977; BIB# 113723