Images(2)

fragment

Object NameFragment with Birds

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

TechniqueBlown, pincered

SizeOverall H: 7.4 cm, W: 6 cm; Estimate Diam: about 10 cm

Accession Number76.1.316

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionFragment with Birds. Transparent pale bluish green glass, with few minute bubbles and specks of stone. Blown; pincered. Fragment from rim and wall of vessel. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall almost vertical, but curving in at bottom. Pincered decoration consists of two identical birds standing and facing right, and part of another identical bird. Each bird is rendered schematically: head has beak and eye, body is small, with two short, almost vertical legs and forked tail. Two complete birds overlap; immediately behind them is head of another bird. Decoration is also impressed on interior of vessel.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)