Images(2)

fragment

Object NameFragment with Half-Palmettes

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

TechniqueBlown, relief-cut

SizeOverall Diam (max): 6 cm

Accession Number68.1.59-14

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, with very small bubbles. Blown and relief-cut. Fragment of vessel. Wall splays, then curves out and down. Outside decorated in relief: parts of two split palmettes, side by side. Each split palmette had two stems that curved up, out, over, and down, terminating in curling leaf and at least one (probably two) triangular or kidney-shaped leaves; between stems, narrow tear-shaped motif, which is rounded at top and pointed at bottom.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1968