fragment
Object NameFragment with Animal
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeNear East
Techniqueblown, relief-cut
SizeOverall Diam (max): 3.7 cm
Accession Number55.1.145
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless or almost colorless. Blown and relief-cut. Fragment of vessel, with flat decorated surface and very slightly convex plain surface: perhaps from center of base. Decorated on underside (?) in relief with animal seen in profile facing left. Head has countersunk eye, triangular muzzle with cut indicating mouth and transverse cuts on upper and lower jaws, and with long, curving horn with median incised line and notches above this; neck is represented by triangular area of transverse hatching; body is roughly triangular, with deep chest and narrow rump, defined by notched outlines and countersunk; front leg has tear-shaped shoulder and extends forward; hind leg has countersunk haunch, leg indicated by single line, and oval foot with transverse hatching.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-12-13
