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Object NameCup

Made FromGlass

Date400-599

TechniqueBlown, facet-cut

SizeOverall H: 8.9 cm; Rim Diam: 13 cm, Th: 0.6 cm

Accession Number60.1.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Splendeur des Sassanides

The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire

Place Made

Iran, probably Amlash

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.
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