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Object NamePossibly Fragment of Bottle with Half-Palmette
Made FromGlass
Date900-999
Techniqueblown, cased, relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 4.4 cm, W: 4.6 cm
Accession Number68.1.98
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPossibly Fragment of Bottle with Half-Palmette. Transparent green over colorless. Blown, cased; relief-cut. Fragment from wall (TTh. 0.3 cm) of bottle(?), which is almost straight and vertical or nearly vertical. Decorated in relief in green (Th. 0.15 cm) on colorless background: part of frieze with horizontal border, presumably continuous; above (or below) this, parts of two tendrils, one of which terminates in half-palmette and other in triangular leaf, and one tear-shaped element. Border and tendrils are notched; half-palmette, leaf, and tear are lightly hatched.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1968
