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bowl

Object NameBowl
Made FromGlass
Date200-399
Place MadeSasanian Empire
TechniqueBlown, Applied
SizeOverall H: 8.2 cm, Diam (max): 10 cm
Accession Number62.1.28
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBowl. Transparent pale green, with numerous bubbles. Blown and applied. Bowl: hemispherical. Rim tall and slightly everted, with plain rounded lip; shoulder narrow and rounded; wall curves down and in; base is narrow and slightly concave; pontil mark faint (and partly obscured by label). Decoration consists of horizontal trails and rows of prunts: on rim, very thin trail wound around body and almost completely melted into wall; shoulder, 11 oval prunts; half way down wall, 11 roughly oval prunts above very thin trail wound twice around circumference; vessel stands on ring of nine very small prunts at junction of wall and base.
Provenance
Source Mahboubian Galleries - 1962
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200-399
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