fragment
Object NameFragment of Bottle with Hare
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, relief-cut
SizeOverall Max. Dim: 6.3 cm, Diam (max. est.): about 14 cm
Accession Number79.1.312
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish tinge. Blown; relief-cut. Fragment from shoulder and upper wall of bottle (OTh. 0.25 cm) decorated in relief (Th. 0.1 cm). Decoration consists of, on shoulder, parts of curving stem and tendril; on upper wall, part of hare running in left profile. It has pointed snout, eye represented by countersunk dot, and long ear extending behind head; neck is filled with transverse hatching; and left leg reaches forward. It carries stem in its mouth. Snout and ear have incised details. Above hare’s head is curved stem with curling tendril. Stems on shoulder, above hare, and in hare’s mouth are notched.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
