beaker
Object NameLamp or Beaker
Made FromGlass
Dateperhaps 300-499
Place MadeIran, probably Amlash
TechniqueInflated, Mold-blown, Wheel-cut, Ground, Polished
SizeOverall H: 18.7 cm; Rim Diam: 8.4 cm
Accession Number59.1.580
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire
Splendeur des Sassanides
On ViewAncient Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Khahil Rabenou
- 1959
