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beaker

Object NameBeaker or Lamp

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 300-699

TechniqueMold-blown, Blobbed, Wheel-Cut, Ground, Polished

SizeOverall H: 9.3 cm; Rim Diam: 10.75 cm

Accession Number63.1.21

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Splendeur des Sassanides

Place Made

Sasanian Empire; probably Iran

Physical DescriptionTransparent very pale green, with translucent blue blobs. Mold-blown and cut. Beaker or lamp: conical. Rim slightly everted, with plain lip, which was knocked off and
ground flat; wall bulges and then tapers, curving inward at bottom; base plain, with small concavity; no pontil mark. Wall is completely covered with applied and cut, ground, and polished decoration arranged in three continuous horizontal registers: from top to bottom, (1) between rather irregular borders, 13 hollow oval facets alternating with groups of six short horizontal grooves, one above the other; (2) 21 applied blue blobs; (3) below irregular border, all-over pattern comprising four bands of hollow facets arranged in quincunx, each band decorated as follows: at top, one band with 19 facets with rounded tops and V-shaped bottoms, two bands with 19 more or less hexagonal facets, and, at bottom, 11 irregular facets with rounded bottoms.
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