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beaker

Object NameLamp or Beaker

Made FromGlass

Dateperhaps 300-499

TechniqueInflated, Mold-blown, Wheel-cut, Ground, Polished

SizeOverall H: 18.7 cm; Rim Diam: 8.4 cm

Accession Number59.1.580

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire

Splendeur des Sassanides

Place Made

Iran, probably Amlash

Physical DescriptionLamp or Beaker. Almost colorless with green tint; many very small bubbles. Mold-blown and cut. Lamp or beaker: conical. Rim plain, knocked off and rounded by grinding; straight, tapering, then curving in at bottom; base plain, narrow, and finished by grinding. Wall is completely covered with cut, ground, and polished decoration arranged in six continuous horizontal registers: from top to bottom, (1) two bands of hollow square facets, with 24 facets in upper band and 25 facets in lower band; (2) one band of five contiguous, semi-circular, arch-like cuts, resting on pairs of horizontal cuts, one above the other, and with one T-shaped group of cuts in each spandrel; inside each arch-like cut, one large hollow circular facet; (3) two bands of hollow square facets, with 21 facets in upper band and 18 facets in lower band; (4) same as (2); (5) three bands of hollow square facets, with 17 facets in top band, 15 facets in middle band, and 14 facets in bottom band; (6) one band of six hollow oval facets.
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