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bowl

Object NameBowl
Made FromGlass
Date1100-1399
Place Madepossibly Syria; possibly Egypt
TechniqueBlown, trailed, marvered, dragged
SizeOverall H: 3.7 cm; Rim Diam: 8.2 cm
Accession Number79.1.112
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Medieval Trans-Saharan Exchange
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBowl. Translucent reddish purple, with small bubbles and one stone; opaque white. Blown; trailed, dragged, and marvered. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall curves down and in, then sharply in at bottom; very shallow, hollow stem between bottom of wall and base; base has tubular edge made by folding and concave underside with corresponding dome pushed through stem on interior; pontil mark circular (D. 1 cm). Decorated with single trail wound around parison about 21 times and now extending from point of attachment at center of base to rim; trail was dragged upward 17 times to produce irregular feathered effect with tool marks curving upward from right to left.
Provenance
Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979-03-25
Former Collection Charles E. Edge
Sale Parke Bernet Galleries Lot 221
Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)
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