fragment
Object NameFragment with Possibly an Inscription and Vegetal Scroll
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeNear East
TechniqueBlown and relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 4.9 cm
Accession Number51.1.130
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment with Possibly an Inscription and Vegetal Scroll. Almost colorless, with yellowish green tint and minute bubbles. Blown and relief-cut. Fragment of beaker or bottle. Lower wall straight and probably tapering, and considerably thicker at bottom than at top. Decorated in relief (from top to bottom): (1) small part of inscription (?) consisting of straight plain and notched lines, terminating at right in hatched triangle; (2) scroll, apparently with coiled stems, which point alternately up and down, and terminate in hatched leaves or buds; and (3) horizontal rib.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek)
