fragment
Object NameFragment of Cup
Made FromGlass
Date701-899
Place MadeNear East; probably Egypt
Techniqueblown, scratch-engraved
SizeOverall H: 5.3 cm; Wall Diam (estimate): 10 cm
Accession Number51.1.119
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent blue glass; blown, scratch-engraved. Fragment of cylindrical cup. Wall descends vertically. Exterior has two horizontal bands of scratch-engraved ornament: (1) upper, narrow band has single border lines at top and bottom, and contains row of isosceles triangles resting on lower border and filled with transverse hatching; below this is narrow undecorated area and, below that, (2) lower, broad band, apparently divided by pairs of border lines into adjoining upright and inverted triangles; part of one upright triangle survives, containing single motif with lobed sides and wedge-shaped top, interior of which has two concentric circles; inner circle is hatched, outer circle is plain, and remainder of motif has transverse hatching; to left, small part of one inverted triangle survives; it contained some other, unidentified motif.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek) - 1951
