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Object NameFragment of a Beaker
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 900-1099
Techniqueblown, linear- and slant-cut
SizeOverall H: 3.9 cm, Base Diam: 4.3 cm
Accession Number81.1.697
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ray Winfield Smith
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass with greenish tinge. Blown, linear- and slant-cut. Lower wall is straight and tapers before curving in at bottom; pontil mark evidently removed by grinding. Decorated on wall and underside of base. On lower wall: part of motif that consists of, at bottom, triangular area containing one small cut; triangle is contained within slant-cut triangle, above and outside which are two slant-cut parabolas; above and outside parabolas, two linear-cut ladder-like motifs. Missing part of lower wall had space for two similar motifs. On underside of base: two linear-cut superimposed triangles forming six-pointed star. All cuts are unpolished.Provenance
Source
Mrs. Ray Winfield Smith
- 1981-12-07
Former Collection
Cairo, Egypt
- 1954
RWS 1222, one of eight bottoms of conical beakers, all acquired spring 1954 from dealers in Cairo.
RWS 1222, one of eight bottoms of conical beakers, all acquired spring 1954 from dealers in Cairo.
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
