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Object NameFragment with Animals
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 5.7 cm, Diam: 3.2 cm
Accession Number59.1.469
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Place Made
Near East
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish tint and small bubbles. Blown and relief-cut. Fragment of neck. Uppermost surviving part descends vertically, then expands into hollow spherical bulb, below which it is cylindrical and slightly wider at bottom than immediately beneath bulb; at top of bulb, diaphragm (D. 0.7 cm). Decorated in relief on bulb and lower neck. On bulb, two continuous horizontal ribs with triangular cross sections. On lower neck: two similar ribs, one just below bulb and other 2.6 cm farther down; between them, frieze of three almost identical animals seen in profile facing left. Each animal has head with eye defined by semicircular cut and with pointed ear or horn; body with raised outline and countersunk interior; front leg extended forward, with large triangular foot; hind leg extended backward, with large squarish foot; and tail that is narrow at junction with body and wider at end. Outlines are notched and head, feet, and tail are hatched.
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