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Object NameFragment of Bowl with Fish
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
TechniqueBlown, pincered
SizeOverall H: 3.1 cm, W: 9.5 cm; Rim Diam Estimate: about 14 cm
Accession Number79.1.320
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Physical DescriptionFragment of Bowl with Fish. Transparent olive green; few bubbles. Blown; pincered. Fragment from rim and wall of bowl. Rim plain, with thickened, rounded lip; wall curves down and in. Pincered decoration consists of two fish (presumably part of continuous horizontal row) swimming toward viewer’s left. Each fish (L. about 4 cm) has oval head and body, with gill and eye clearly delineated, and six raised dots between gill and tail, which is represented by four straight lines; interior surface is plain and slightly recessed.
Provenance
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Sibylle Peretti
1991
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Kiki Smith
1996
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175-225
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about 300-399
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Thomas Webb and Sons
about 1890
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Hiroshi Yamano
1991