bowl
Object NameBowl with Animals
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
TechniqueBlown, pincered
SizeOverall H: 8.1 cm; Rim Diam: 8.7 cm
Accession Number79.1.54
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Les Tresors Fatimides du Caire
Drinking Glasses Through the Ages
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBowl with Animals. Almost colorless, with greenish tinge. Blown; pincered. Bowl: cylindrical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall vertical, curving in slightly at bottom; base plain; pontil mark roughly circular (W. 1.2-1.4 cm). Pincered decoration consists of three very similar animals with impressed outlines. Each animal (H. about 6.5 cm) is shown in profile facing left, but with head turned toward viewer. Head is oval, with two oval eyes and ears indicated by single short, upward pointing lines; neck consists of one U-shaped line, body of two ovals placed side by side, each leg is represented by one straight line, and tail by single U-shaped line. Decoration is also impressed on interior of vessel.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
