fragment
Object NameFragment with Animal
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeNear East
Techniqueblown, relief cut
SizeOverall Diam (max): 6.7 cm; Foot Ring D (est): 6 cm
Accession Number59.1.439
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish tinge; few very small bubbles. Blown; relief-cut.Fragment of bowl. Lower wall (Th. 0.15 cm) descends in shallow curve; base flat (Th. 0.4 cm with decoration, 0.2 cm without decoration), with foot-ring (H. 0.4 cm), which has narrow, notched rim. Underside of base decorated in relief with animal, shown in profile, facing left, which fills area defined by foot-ring. Animal’s head has countersunk eye, mouth indicated by single short cut, and horn (of which only tip survives); neck is curved, narrow, and hatched with parallel transverse incisions; countersunk body has notched outlines and haphazard arrangement of six drilled dots; foreleg, indicated by single notched line, points forward and terminates in oval hoof with two parallel incisions; hind leg, which has roughly comma-shaped haunch and is indicated by single notched line, points forward and downward, and also terminates in oval hoof with parallel incisions; long tail, also indicated by single notched line, curls forward and up, and ends in bulbous tassel. Entire background of animal shows signs of coldworking.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
