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fragment

Object NameFragment with Bird

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Place Madepossibly Western Asia; possibly Egypt

Techniqueblown, relief-cut

SizeOverall H: 6 cm; Wall Th: 0.1 cm; Decoration Th: 0.1 cm

Accession Number90.1.2

Credit LineGift of Mansour Mokhtarzadeh

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Animals in Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish green tinge. Blown; relief-cut. Fragment from wall of beaker with straight side that tapers toward bottom. Relief-cut decoration: part of bird strutting to left. Head held high on long neck; rounded breast; one leg in front of the other. All outlines are in relief, with numerous nicks. Beak turned down at tip, with upper and lower halves indicated by shallow cuts; head consists of circle with eye in relief at center; row of six small depressions extends along neck, midway between outlines.
Provenance

Source Mansour Mokhtarzadeh - 1990

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)
Probably