Fragment of Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bowl
Accession Number: 
54.1.159
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.7 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: 8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1200-1299
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Bowl. Transparent blue, with many bubbles, mostly minute, and one small stone; opaque white. Blown; applied, dragged, and marvered. Rim plain, with rounded lip; upper wall tapers at shallow angle, Then more steeply, before curving down and in. Decorated with trail wound spirally 12 times between bottom of fragment and rim; lowest seven revolutions have been dragged to form broad, contiguous festoons.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient; Early Modern
Provenance: 
Kouchakji, Fahim (b. Syria, 1886-1976), Source
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
blue
white
Technique: 
glassblowing
marvering
applied decoration
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 201-202, #957; BIB# 113723