fragment
Object NameFragment with Bird
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, cut
SizeOverall Diam (max): 10.8 cm; Surviving H: 4 cm
Accession Number59.1.437
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, with small bubbles. Blown and cut. Fragment of bowl. Rim plain, with ground lip; wall straight and tapering at angle of about 45 degrees. Wall has elaborate relief-cut decoration (Th. 0.1 cm) on outside: at right, head and neck of bird shown in profile facing left. It has circular head with eye represented by drilled dot, triangular beak with incised line indicating junction of upper and lower parts, and large crest. To left of bird, indeterminate curvilinear ornament. This includes raised line terminating in hatched tassel, which somewhat resembles animal's tail, and at least one notched line or outline.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
