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cup

Object NameCup

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 800-1099, perhaps earlier

Techniqueblown, facet-cut

SizeOverall H: 9.2 cm, Diam (max): 11.7 cm; Rim Diam: 11.2 cm; Base Diam: 5.9 cm

Accession Number62.1.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Hallmark Co.)

Treasures in Glass

East Side Winter Antiques Show

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless. Blown; facet-cut. Bowl: deep. Rim plain, with top ground flat and with bevel on inside; wall (TTh. 0.8 cm) straight and tapering slightly before curving down and in toward bottom; base plain; pontil mark possibly replaced with shallow circular depression (D. 1.6 cm), which has countersunk dot at center. Decoration extends from top to bottom of wall and consists of continuous band of 12 raised “petals,” which have straight sides and pointed tops, and are thicker along vertical axis than at edges; sides of adjacent petals are separated by narrow grooves; each triangular area between tops of adjacent petals and rim is facet-cut in three triangular planes.
Provenance

Source Mohammad Yeganeh - 1962