fragment
Object NameFragment with Inscription
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeNear East
Techniqueblown, applied, relief-cut
SizeOverall H: 2.5 cm, W: 2.6 cm
Accession Number59.1.502
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent green over colorless; both with very few minute bubbles. Blown, applied; relief-cut. Fragment of vessel with straight or very slightly tapering wall or neck (TTh. 0.2 cm) decorated in relief in green (Th. less than 0.1 cm) on colorless background: part of one horizontal line of Kufic inscription: “ ” (cizz; power, strength); 0.4 cm above top of inscription, shallow horizontal (and presumably continuous) groove cut in background; similar groove just below inscription.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
