Fragment of Vessel

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Vessel
Accession Number: 
76.1.336
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1200-1299
Credit Line: 
Gift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Vessel. Transparent light blue, with opaque white trail. Blown; applied, dragged, and marvered. Fragment from wall of vessel. Decorated with trail wound spirally around wall; small parts of four revolutions survive, one of which was been dragged, presumably to produce pattern of festoons, and three are straight; all four were marvered.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient; Early Modern
Provenance: 
Berkowitz, Carl, Source
1976-01-01
Content, Derek, Source
1976-01-01
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Former Collection
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
light blue
white
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
marvering
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 216-217, #989; BIB# 113723