fragment

Object NameFragment

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

Place MadeRoman Empire

TechniqueBlown, wheel-cut, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 7 cm, Th: 0.2 cm

Accession Number72.1.18

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass, with light green fracture; blown, wheel-cut, ground, polished. Fragment, evidently from floor of shallow dish; (shallow facet and linear cut decoration on outside: ( as seen from interior) toward center, part of winged male with head shown in profile, looking slightly up toward left, torso shown frontally; head has shoulder length hair indicated by short, oval cuts; face has large eye and is beardless; right arm hangs down, slightly flexed, with rod-like object grasped in hand; right wing has feathers indicated by rows of short and longer cuts; above this figure, small part of indeterminate motif; to left of figure, toward edge of dish, small part of draped standing figure.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1972-12-22