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Object NameVessel Shaped like a Boot
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 800-1199
Place Madepossibly Central Asia
TechniqueBlown, applied
SizeOverall H: 14.2 cm; Rim Diam: 7 cm; Toe to Heel W: 12 cm
Accession Number72.1.1
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionVessel Shaped Like Boot. Colorless or almost colorless; blown, applied. Vessel shaped like calf-length boot. Rim plain, with rounded lip; leg (Th. 0.1 cm) cylindrical, tapering slightly; foot roughly triangular, with rounded heel and narrow upturned toe; pontil mark is beneath leg and consists of irregular gouge. Applied decoration comprising two trails extends from just below rim, down back of leg and onto heel: (1) longer trail forms rigaree pattern of nine loops on back of leg; (2) much shorter trail is flattened on back and underside of heel.
Provenance
Source Saeed Motamed (Iranian, 1925 - 2013) - 1972-01-03
drinking boot
1600-1650
drinking boot
about 1800-1850
drinking boot
about 1800-1850
drinking boot
about 1800-1850
drinking boot
about 1800-1850
drinking boot
about 1800-1850