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Object NameFragment with Animal
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, relief-cut
SizeOverall Diam (max): 3 cm
Accession Number68.1.59-74
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish tint and very few minute bubbles. Blown and cut. Fragment from wall of vessel (Th. 0.1-0.15 cm) with relief-cut decoration (Th. 0.2 cm) on outside. Decoration consists of foreleg and hoof of quadruped, which moves toward right. Leg is indicated by single notched line and hoof by triangular area enlivened with short, narrow cuts.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1968
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