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Object NamePossibly Fragment of Bottle with Vegetal Scroll
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 900-999
Techniqueblown, linear-cut, slant-cut
SizeOverall H: 5.1 cm, Diam (estimate): 9 cm
Accession Number76.1.217
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPossibly Fragment of Bottle with Vegetal Scroll. Almost colorless glass with yellowish-green tinge. Blown; linear- and slant-cut. Possible fragment of bottle Decoration consists of two horizontal lines, probably forming lower border of panel, which contains small part of vegetal scroll comprising stem and part of leaf. Stem consists of three parallel curving lines and has three transverse cuts at junction with leaf. Leaf sprouts from stem and expands; it is filled with seven curved longitudinal lines. Between stem and leaf is crescent-shaped shoot. Above and beneath vegetal scroll are several indeterminate cuts. All motifs are linear-cut except for shoot and one cut above it.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
- 1976-01-01
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
- 1976-01-01
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
