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Object NameFragment of Bowl with Half-Palmettes
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeNear East
TechniqueBlown, cased, relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 5.6 cm, W: 10.5 cm
Accession Number59.1.490
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent blue over colorless; both with very few minute bubbles. Blown, cased; relief-cut. Fragment of bowl. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall (TTh. 0.4 cm) tapers, with slightly convex profile. Outside has blue decoration in relief (Th. 0.2 cm) on colorless background. This consists of parts of two vegetal motifs: (1) pair of half-palmettes, which terminate in small, outward-facing volutes; and (2) on viewer’s right, pair of larger half-palmettes, which also terminate in outward-facing volutes.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27

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