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Object NameFragment of Beaker
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeNear East
Techniqueblown, applied, linear-cut
SizeOverall H: 6.2 cm; Estimate D: 6 cm
Accession Number59.1.492
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent green over almost colorless. Green and colorless glasses have very few minute bubbles. Blown, applied, and linear-cut. Beaker. Wall is straight and tapers. Decorated with green pad (H. at least 5.5 cm, W. at least 4.2 cm). Pad is linear-cut in form of stylized animal seen in profile facing right, with squarish head and bushy tail which rises above rump and extends forward almost to neck and head; head, neck, body, hind limb, and especially tail enlivened with cuts through green to colorless glass. To right of pad, three straight vertical cuts and part of curvilinear motif.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
