fragment
Object NameFragment with Horses
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 25-75
Place MadeRoman Empire
Techniqueblown, wheel-cut, enameled
SizeOverall H: 5 cm, W: 3.5 cm
Accession Number55.1.87
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Enameled Glass
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent emerald green; blown, wheel-cut and enameled. Roughly cylindrical cracked-off rim, rounded by grinding, fine wheel-cut groove below rim, wall thickens toward base, slight swelling form toward bottom, wall preserves enameled scene, a pair of horses, presumably from a biga, in full gallop to the right, brick-red bodies with details in black, highlights on mane and body in white, hooves dotted with pale blue.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09
