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Object NameFragment
Made FromGlass, Enamel, Gilding
Date1275-1299
Place MadeSyria, probably Damascus
TechniqueBlown, enameled, gilded
SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, W: 3.4 cm
Accession Number73.1.36-3
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Betty Gruene Speir
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment. Colorless glass, with yellowish-green tinge; bubbly, some dark brown patches of iridescence; probably blown, enameled, gilded. Probably a bottle; fragment preserves part of neck and shoulder; sparse array of thin red enamel lines with gilt decoration ring neck area below which a section of kufic is painted in red enamel and gilt filled.
Provenance
Source Betty Gruene Speir - 1973
Former Collection George S. McKearin (b. 1874)

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