fragment
Object NameFragment
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 901-999
Place MadeNear East
Techniqueblown, slant-cut
SizeOverall H: 4.4 cm
Accession Number51.1.126
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with yellowish tinge; many minute bubbles. Blown; slant-cut. Fragment from wall of cylindrical vessel. Slant-cut ornament consists of hatched oval motif enclosed by two crescent-shaped elements, one above and one below it; ends of crescents curve outward and terminate in roughly circular “buds.” Above (or below) decoration, pair of horizontal grooves: evidently border at top (or bottom) of slant-cut frieze.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek)
