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pitcher

Object NamePitcher

Made FromGlass

Date1000-1199

TechniqueBlown, applied

SizeAnimal’s Head H: 17.4 cm; Shoulder Diam: 11.7 cm

Accession Number59.1.515

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting

Glass of the Sultans

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

perhaps Iran

Physical DescriptionPitcher. Transparent very pale green glass, with opaque turquoise blue trail, transparent blue animal, and one greenish blue ring; blown, applied. Pitcher, with truncated conical body. Rim plain, with rounded lip; neck cylindrical; shoulder slopes, with overhanging rounded edge; wall straight and tapering; base has tubular foot ring made by folding, and kick; pontil mark roughly circular (D. about 1.4 cm); center of floor has small ring-like projection. Handle extends from near edge of shoulder to just below rim and consists of three trails, which together make openwork pattern (from bottom to top): (1) vertical, dropped onto shoulder, drawn up, over, down, attached to shoulder, then drawn up, over, and down again, and reattached to shoulder, so that it resembles lower-case letter "m," but with gap between sides of central upright; (2) as (1); (3) similar to (1) and (2), but stretched, vertical at bottom, and horizontal at top; projecting from horizontal part of (3), thumb-rest in form of blue animal overlooking rim; it has prominent head and tail, but no other discernable features. Rim and top of neck have thin turquoise trail, applied before handle, and wound 2 1/3 times around circumference. Opposite handle, on upper and mid-section of neck, two small vertical loops, each supporting one ring: very pale green in upper loop and greenish blue in lower loop.
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