fragment
Object NameFragment of Mosaic Bowl
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 800-999
Place Madepossibly Western Asia
TechniqueMosaic technique, fused, ground, polished
SizeOverall H: 3.3 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: 5 cm
Accession Number91.1.1
Credit LineGift of W. Bastiaan Blok
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque red, opaque yellow, and opaque green. Slices of cane fused to form disk, which was sagged over mold; ground and polished. Fragment of hemispherical or oval bowl or bowllike object. Rim plain, apparently ground flat; wall (Th. 0.15 cm) curves down and in; exterior was polished, but interior is matte. Decoration consists of seemingly random arrangement of circular or distorted cane slices, some of which appear to be yellow dot surrounded by red, some green dot surrounded by red, and others (when viewed from interior) green dot surrounded by yellow and red.Provenance
Source
W. Bastiaan Blok
- 1991-05-28
