beaker
Object NameBeaker with Winged Animals
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeNorthern Iran
Techniqueblown, relief-cut
SizeOverall (restored) H: 10 cm; Rim (max): 7.6 cm; Base Diam: 4.9 cm
Accession Number79.1.265
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown and relief-cut. Wall straight, tapering slightly, then curving in at bottom; foot in form of disk with sloping outer surface, beveled edge, and shallow concentric depression near edge of underside. Continuous frieze of relief-cut decoration on wall between two profiled bands, one at least 1.8 cm below rim and other 1.9 cm above foot: two winged quadrupeds shown in left profile moving to left, with large plumes on tops of heads; between them, long-stemmed vegetal scrolls terminating in narrow pointed leaves; above and in front of animals' heads, one hatched triangular motif, and above their rumps, two similar hatched triangles. Animals and scrolls have raised outlines, some of which are notched; animals' feet, wingtips, and other details are hatched.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
