beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass
Date1000-1299
Place Madepossibly Iran
TechniqueBlown in dip mold
SizeOverall H: 11.2 cm, Diam (max): 10 cm
Accession Number79.1.266
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBeaker. Transparent light bluish green; very many bubbles. Blown in dip mold. Beaker shaped like truncated cone. Rim plain and rounded; wall almost straight and tapering, curving in at bottom; base plain, with kick; pontil mark circular, perhaps annular (D. 1.4 cm). Decoration in low relief begins 1.8 cm below lip and continues down wall and under base. It consists of two overlapping registers, each consisting of five lozenges. Upper register has large lozenges; lower register has smaller lozenges. In both cases, each lozenge contains one concentric lozenge. Each space between lozenges in upper register contains one curved V-shaped motif.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
