beaker
Object NameBeaker
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadePersia
Techniquecut, polished, free-blown
SizeOverall H: 10.1 cm; Rim Diam: 8.3 cm
Accession Number66.1.1
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Treasures in Glass
East Side Winter Antiques Show
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless. Blown; relief-cut. Beaker: almost cylindrical, but with concave profile. Rim plain, with lip ground flat and bevel on inside; wall (TTh. 0.25 cm) tapers toward midpoint, then splays very slightly, with small horizontal rib at bottom; base plain; no pontil mark (but see below). Relief-cut decoration (Th. 0.5 cm) on wall and underside of base. On wall, extending from 1 cm below lip almost to bottom:two very similar continuous registers consisting of five palmettes with inverted triangles in spaces between them; each palmette is linked to its neighbors by suspended arcs. Palmettes, triangles, and arcs have broad, hatched outlines, and palmettes have incised details. Below each palmette in lower register, one tearshaped motif. Rib at bottom of wall is notched. On underside of base: four equidistant triangles, similar to those on wall, with apexes toward center, where they touch countersunk, slightly concave circle (D. 1.8 cm), which probably removed pontil mark.
Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1966-01-04
