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Object NamePossibly Fragment of Beaker with Bird
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place Madepossibly Egypt; possibly Iran
Techniqueblown, applied or cased, relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 6.6 cm
Accession Number79.1.293
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPossibly Fragment of Beaker with Bird. Transparent bright green over colorless; both with very small bubbles, and green glass has specks of scale. Blown, applied or cased; relief-cut. Fragment of beaker(?). Wall (TTh. 0.25 cm) straight, perhaps tapering. Decorated in relief in both green (Th. 0.1 cm) and colorless base glass: near center of fragment, standing green bird, shown mainly in outline, facing left, with thin neck, folded wing with dot on covert and feathers indicated by hatching, triangular or wedge-shaped tail, and one or two legs; to left of bird, one detached vertical line; on either side of bird, colorless curvilinear elements with some notched outlines; below these motifs, part of continuous horizontal rib, which is also colorless.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
