bowl
Object NameBiconical Bowl
Made FromGlass
Date200-399
Place Madepossibly Sasanian Empire; probably Iran
TechniqueBlown, Applied
SizeOverall H: 9.4 cm, Diam: 10.4 cm
Accession Number79.1.250
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBowl: biconical. Transparent pale yellowish green. Blown, applied, and perhaps pinched. Rim everted with plain rounded lip; wall splays to carination above mid-point and then tapers to bottom; base narrow, pushed in at center; pontil mark roughly circular (D. about 1.5 cm). Decoration consists of horizontal trails and rows of prunts: at top of wall, very thin trail wound around body in about two revolutions; at carination, 11 prominent rounded prunts; on lower part of wall, 12 very small pointed prunts above very thin trail wound around body in one and one-third revolutions and one small isolated prunt; vessel stands on 12 very small pointed prunts at junction of wall and base.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
