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Object NameCylindrical Cup with Scratched Decoration
Made FromGlass
Date701-899
Place Madepossibly Syro-Palestine; possibly Egypt
Techniqueblown, scratch-engraved
SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm, Diam (max): 12.7 cm
Accession Number55.1.112
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Sultans
Glass from the Ancient World
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionCylindrical Cup with Scratched Decoration. Transparent light blue, with a few small bubbles and inclusions. Blown and scratch-engraved. The object is a cylindrical cup with a plain, rounded rim and a slightly convex wall. The base is plain and has a pontil mark at the center. The wall is decorated with a continuous horizontal band of ornament, which has multiple borders at the top and the bottom and is divided into three large and one small compartment by vertical bands of cross hatching. Each of the three large compartments contains two vertical pairs of cross-hatched triangles with their apexes almost touching, but separated by V-shaped motifs. The spaces between the triangles and the upper and lower borders are filled with hatched circles.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09
