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Object NameHemispherical Faceted Bowl

Made FromGlass

Date500-699

TechniqueBlown or Cast, Cut

SizeOverall H: 8.9 cm, Diam: 11.1 cm

Accession Number79.1.58

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Persia

Physical DescriptionTransparent very pale greenish yellow, with many bubbles. Blown or cast, and cut. Bowl: roughly hemispherical. Rim plain, with rounded lip and slight bevel on inside; wall descends almost vertically before curving in to bottom; base has stepped profile with two steps and, at center, disk with concave underside; edges of lower step and disk are beveled. Wall is decorated with six large, countersunk circular facets with concave surfaces; spaces between four pairs of facets are narrow and each has, at top and bottom, one small circular facet; spaces between remaining two (opposed) pairs of large facets are wider and these have, in addition to small facets at top and bottom, broad horizontal cut at mid-point.
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