fragment
Object NameFragment with Animal
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, relief-cut
SizeOverall H (surviving): 2.7 cm; Diam: 8.5 cm; Rib D (estimate): about 7 cm
Accession Number55.1.147
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Place MadeNear East
(TTh. 0.4 cm) of beaker decorated in relief. On lower wall: traces of two indeterminate motifs above continuous horizontal rib that presumably defined bottom of frieze. On underside of base: lion walking in left profile. Lion has roughly circular head, with countersunk dot to represent eye, and two vestigial ears; short neck; body with plump breast and straight back and belly; two short front legs, left thrust forward and down, and right raised, both with large paws; one (left) hind leg with misplaced haunch and large paw clutching vegetal scroll; and long tail extending up and forward, and terminating in curl. Front and back of head, outlines of body, and tail are notched; paws are hatched. Interior of body is plain. Outlines of lion are approximately in horizontal plane, so that fragment stands without support.
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