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goblet

Object NameGoblet with Birds

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 900-999

TechniqueBlown, relief-cut

SizeSurviving H: 11.2 cm, Diam: 9.3 cm

Accession Number79.1.50

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Persia

Physical DescriptionColorless, with very few bubbles. Blown and relief-cut. Goblet with truncated conical bowl. Rim plain; wall straight and tapering, with narrow horizontal flange at bottom; base curves down and in; stem cylindrical. Wall is relief-cut with continuous frieze bordered by horizontal rib at top and flange at bottom. Frieze contains three apparently identical birds shown in profile facing viewer's left. Each bird has small head with drilled circular eye and curved beak; long sinuous neck; bulbous body and thick tail with rounded end, both defined by single continuous outline and filled with drilled dots; one vestigial wing, extended above body; neck terminates in short leg with triangular foot; other leg, also with triangular foot, is just behind it. Each pair of birds is separated by triangular palmette-like motifs, and above each bird is one tear-shaped motif lying on its side. Between birds and upper border, inscription in Kufic style.
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