fragment

Object NameFragment

Made FromGlass, Stain

Date800-999

TechniqueBlown, stained

SizeOverall Dim (max): 3.5 cm

Accession Number68.1.58-186

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionFragment. Transparent deep blue, with bubbles and inclusions; decorated in pale green and orange yellow. Blown; stained. Fragment. Wall (Th. 0.1-0.2 cm) has convex profile in all planes. Decorated on outside: small part of register that, if repetitive, was divided into panels by vertical orange-yellow stripes (W. 0.4 cm) with narrow pale green borders. One panel contains, on pale green groundline, plant with vertical stem flanked by two shorter stems that curve outward at top, all indicated by narrow pale green lines; outside each curved stem is one even shorter stem in orange yellow; vertical stem has two short pale green crossbars near top and is surmounted by leaf or flower with at least two lobes with pale green outlines and solid orange-yellow centers; each curved stem has, at top, cluster of three small dots. Small part of panel to left of vertical stripe has traces of orange-yellow ornament.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1968