bowl
Object NameBowl
Made FromGlass
Date900-1099
Techniqueblown, wheel-cut, ground, polished
SizeOverall H: 4 cm, Diam: 5.9 cm
Accession Number79.1.190
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with greenish tint. Blown; wheel-cut, ground and polished. Bowl. Rim incurved and almost flat, with vertical lip rounded at top; wall descends in smooth convex curve; base flat; no pontil mark. Wheel-cut decoration consists of continuous horizontal groove at bottom of rim; immediately below this, continuous, narrow horizontal band of transverse cuts slanting downward from left to right; below band of cuts and extending almost to bottom of wall, recessed zone containing six raised circular bosses, each with a smaller raised boss at center; bottom of wall descends vertically and then "steps" inward and downward to base.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979-03-25
Former Collection
Persian Antique Gallery
- 1947-11-08
sold to Mr. Jerome Strauss for $20
sold to Mr. Jerome Strauss for $20
Former Collection
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1947-11-08
purchased from Persian Antique Gallery for $20
purchased from Persian Antique Gallery for $20
