fragment
Object NamePossibly Fragment of Bowl with Bird and Animal
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 7.5 cm
Accession Number76.1.262
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPossibly Fragment of Bowl with Bird and Animal. Transparent pale greenish blue. Blown; relief-cut. Fragment from rim and wall of deep bowl (OTh. 0.2 cm) decorated in relief (Th. 0.1 cm). Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall is straight and descends vertically or with slight taper for 7 cm below lip, then it curves down and in. Decoration is restricted to straight part of wall and consists of three horizontal ribs (with centers 0.9 cm, 1.7 cm, and 2.5 cm below lip) and frieze. Surviving part of frieze consists of three motifs: (1, above, on left) schematic bird, standing in right profile, with small head, large and curved beak, plump body, and perhaps wing extending toward left and terminating in half-palmette; (2, below, on right) uncertain, but possibly long and extremely stylized hind leg of animal moving from left to right; and (3) between bird and animal(?), linear motif terminating in volute at lower left end. Outlines of all motifs are notched.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
- 1976-01-01
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
- 1976-01-01
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
