fragment

Object NameFragment with Bird

Made FromGlass

Date300-399 or later

TechniqueBlown, wheel-cut, polished

SizeOverall H: 7.5 cm

Accession Number55.1.89

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

The Copts: Crossroads in Egyptian Culture, 2nd-7th Centuries A.D.

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionTransparent deep purple glass with reddish tinge in transmitted light; some small bubbles; blown, wheel-cut and polished. Fragment from wall of deep vessel with curving side, perhaps hemispherical; exterior has band of hollow-cut ornament between borders; upper border consists of broad horizontal groove with narrow groove above and below; lower border is single narrow groove; ornament consists of plump water fowl standing to left, in front of building with gabled roof; on ground in front of and behind bird, leaves on short stem; above and behind bird, longer spray of leaves.
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