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bowl

Object NameBowl with Vegetal Motifs

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 901-999

Place MadeNear East

Techniqueblown, linear-cut, slant-cut, ground

SizeOverall H. 8.9 cm, Diam 11.2 cm

Accession Number63.1.12

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless; very few bubbles. Blown; linear- and slant-cut. Bowl. Rim plain, with top ground flat and bevel on interior; wall straight and tapering slightly before curving down and in at bottom; base convex; no pontil mark (but see below). Linear- and slant-cut decoration on wall and base. On wall: single register, bordered at top and bottom by pair of continuous horizontal grooves, beginning 2.9 cm below rim and extending to base. Register contains symmetrical arrangement of two opposed diamond-shaped panels with double borders separated by two shallow ogival arches. Each panel contains quatrefoil composed of hatched oval motifs. Each arch contains curling vegetal motifs on either side of hatched oval, while spaces between panels and arches are also filled with vegetal motifs. On base: medallion defined by lower border of frieze. Medallion is almost filled by rosette with six petals, each with curling leaflike motif; areas between ends of petals are filled with hatched arcs. On both wall and base, extremities of vegetal motifs are slant-cut.
Provenance

Source Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller (Swiss) - 1963