goblet
Object NameGoblet with Horses
Made FromGlass
Date900-1025
Place MadeIran
Techniqueblown, relief-cut, ground
SizeOverall H: 13.3 cm; Rim Diam: 7.8 cm
Accession Number79.1.94
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless. Blown and relief-cut. Goblet: conical bowl with rounded bottom. Rim plain, with top ground flat; wall tapers toward narrow horizontal flange, then curves in toward stem; short, slender stem and conical foot with prominent pontil mark, belong to another vessel. Body has relief cut ornament, which leaves wall only 1 mm thick, between raised horizontal border near rim and narrow flange near bottom: frieze of three horses walking to left, one behind the other. Each horse is saddled and bridled. All outlines are in relief and have traces of notches; bodies have rows of dot-like depressions. Above rump of each animal, one word in Kufic script.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
