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Object NameFragment with Half-Palmette
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, probably cased, relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 2.6 cm, W: 2.4 cm, Diam (max): 2.9 cm
Accession Number68.1.109
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent blue over colorless; both with very small bubbles. Blown, probably cased; relief-cut. Fragment of vessel with convex wall (TTh. 0.3 cm). Decoration relief-cut in blue overlay (Th. 0.1 cm): at assumed top of fragment, trace of unidentified element; 0.9 cm below this, part of horizontal or nearly horizontal half-palmette on curved stem. Colorless glass is covered with traces of coldworking.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1968
Opus Sectile
perhaps 1-99
bottle
about 800-999
beaker
about 300-399
bottle
900-1099
beaker
300-399; probably 325-375
alembic
possibly 1500-1699