fragment

Object NameFragment with Fish

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 25-75

Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Egypt; possibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Italy

Techniqueblown, cracked off, ground, enameled

SizeOverall H: 4 cm

Accession Number95.1.13

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

On ViewAncient Gallery

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass, with yellowish fracture and small bubbles; translucent brownish gray and opaque white, yellow, orange, red, and black enamels; blown, cracked off and ground, enameled. Cup, fragment of rim and upper part of wall. Rim cracked off and ground; wall descends almost vertically, then begins to curve inward. On outside, shortly below rim, one incised horizontal line; below this, part of enameled frieze with fishes consisting of, above, body of fish swimming to left, with back and pectoral fin outlined in black, brownish gray dorsal and caudal finds, and yellow and orange body, and, below, body of fish swimming to right, with back outlined in black, white and brownish gray dorsal fin, and red body with black and yellow markings.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979