fragment
Object NameFragment with Vegetal Scroll, Half-Palmette, and Inscription
Made FromGlass
Date900-999
Techniqueblown, relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 5 cm
Accession Number76.1.257
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish tinge. Blown; relief-cut. Fragment of vessel with straight, vertical or tapering wall (TTh. 0.2 cm) decorated in relief (Th. 0.1 cm). Decoration consists of parts of two horizontal elements, one above other: (above) elaborate vegetal scroll extending from left to right with, on left, downward-pointing tendril that terminates in sketchy half-palmette and, on right, upward-pointing tendril that terminates in well-formed half-palmette; (below) small part of foliated Kufic inscription, part of which is embellished with half-palmette. Inscription. Stem, tendrils, and letters are notched; half-palmettes are embellished with pairs of short, incised lines.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
- 1976-01-01
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
- 1976-01-01
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
