beaker
Object NameBeaker or Lamp
Made FromGlass
Dateprobably 300-699
Place MadeSasanian Empire; probably Iran
TechniqueMold-blown, Blobbed, Wheel-Cut, Ground, Polished
SizeOverall H: 9.3 cm; Rim Diam: 10.75 cm
Accession Number63.1.21
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Splendeur des Sassanides
On ViewAncient Gallery
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.
Provenance
Former Collection
Eliahu Dobkin
- 1963
