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Object NameFragment of Bottle or Pitcher with Bird
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, applied, relief-cut
SizeOverall Diam: 4.5 cm; Estimate D: 9 cm
Accession Number59.1.503
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Place Made
Near East
Physical DescriptionTransparent green over colorless; both with few minute bubbles. Blown, cased; relief-cut. Fragment of bottle or pitcher with globular body. Lower wall (TTh. 0.2–0.25 cm) curves out, down, and in. Green relief-cut decoration (Th. 0.1 cm): standing bird, facing left, with curved beak, small head with prominent eye, small and oval body shown in outline and partly notched, folded wing, two legs indicated by single curving lines, and narrow tail that is also shown in outline; below and to left of feet, branching stem; below tail, trace of third, unidentified element.
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