cup
Object NameCup
Made FromGlass
Date400-599
Place MadeIran, probably Amlash
TechniqueBlown, facet-cut
SizeOverall H: 8.9 cm; Rim Diam: 13 cm, Th: 0.6 cm
Accession Number60.1.3
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire
Splendeur des Sassanides
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionCup. Almost colorless, with yellow tinge; few minute bubbles. Blown; facet-cut. Cup: hemispherical. Rim beveled; wall curves down and in; base small and concave. Entire outer surface decorated with five continuous horizontal rows of contiguous cut, ground and polished facets surrounding hollow circular facet at base (in descending order): one row of 19 facets, each with rounded top, vertical sides, and V-shaped bottom; three rows of 19 hexagonal facets, each with smaller facets then those in the row above it; and one row of seven circular facets.Provenance
Source
Khahil Rabenou
- 1960
