fragment
Object NameFragment with Birds
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Techniqueblown, relief-cut
SizeOverall Diam (max): 6 cm; Horizontal Rib D (est): 7 cm
Accession Number51.1.123
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Title Unknown (Ohio University, Athens)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, with very few minute bubbles. Blown and cut. Fragment of bottle or bowl. Wall curves down and in. It is decorated with frieze bordered at bottom by horizontal rib in relief. Above this, parts of three relief-cut birds, apparently identical, shown in profile facing right. Each bird has small head, with eye indicated by drilled dot and pointed beak with incised line separating upper and lower halves; short neck; plump body with folded wing shaped like teardrop and with single incised line; and fanlike tail.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek) - 1951
