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fragment

Object Name2 Gold Glass Base Fragments

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1801-1959

Place MadeEurope

Technique(a) blown, painted; (b) blown, tooled

Size(a) L: 4.9 cm; (b) L: 3.7 cm

Accession Number60.3.7

Credit LineGift of Fahim Kouchakji

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical Description(a) Colorless glass, bubbly dull surface with thin iridescent film on exterior; blown and subsequently painted. Fragment preserves part of the body and base of a small 1st - 2nd century Roman beaker with thickened floor slightly kicked; on underside a scene of Christ as a good shepherd is depicted within a double concentric black circle; the bust of Christ with a nimbus and radiating cross is shown holding a reclining ram with the inscription "EC" (CE) PASTOR NEUS; the sketchy style is outlined in black and inpainted with gold; the inscription is meant to be read through the base of the glass. (b) Colorless glass, bubbly with thick white iridescent crust on exterior; blown and tooled, subsequently ground fragment preserves the foot of a small cup or beaker of the 1st-2nd century A.D. with a tubular base ring, the bottom of the vessel has been ground down in order to join it to the fragment above.
Provenance

Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976)