bowl
Object NameBowl with Bird
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeIran, Neyshabur
Techniqueblown, linear-cut, slant-cut
SizeOverall H: 5.7 cm; Rim Diam: 18.1 cm
Accession Number64.1.1
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass, with yellowish tinge; many small bubbles. Blown; linear- and slant-cut. Bowl. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall straight and tapering; base plain; no pontil mark (but see below). Outside of wall and underside of base have linear- and slant-cut ornament. On wall: between two pairs of continuous horizontal grooves, continuous frieze of 13 countersunk oval motifs and 12 countersunk diamond-shaped motifs filled with hatching; ovals and diamonds are contiguous and alternate except in one place, where two ovals are side by side. On base (when seen from inside): medallion defined by pair of concentric grooves (D. 10.6 cm); it contains bird with body shown in profile, facing left, and with right wing outspread; bird has slightly curved beak, eye indicated by countersunk dot, and transverse hatching on body and wing; background has curvilinear slant-cut motifs, some of which merge with body and wing of bird. At edge of base, in narrow band between border of medallion and lower border of frieze on wall: about 40 pairs of oval or subtriangular facets, forming continuous row of V-shaped motifs.
Provenance
Source
Farhadi & Anavian Co.
- 1964-01-30
