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Object NameFragment of Vessel with Ring-and-Dot Motifs
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
TechniqueBlown, applied, pincered
SizeOverall H: 3.2 cm, W: 6.1 cm; Estimate Diam (max): about 7 cm; Estimate Base Diam: about 4 cm
Accession Number76.1.309
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment of Vessel with Ring-and-Dot Motifs. Transparent light bluish green glass. Blown; applied, pincered. Fragment of vessel. Lower wall straight and tapering, then curving in at bottom; base plain, slightly concave; pontil mark roughly circular (D. 0.7-0.9 cm). Horizontal trail (H. 1.5 cm) was applied to wall 1.2 cm above bottom and flattened by adding pincered ring-and-dot motifs. Three complete and two fragmentary adjoining motifs survive, each decorated in relief with prominent central boss and two concentric rings; surfaces behind motifs are plain and very lightly recessed.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
- 1976-01-01
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
- 1976-01-01
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
