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vessel

Object NameVessel Shaped like a Boot

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 800-1199

TechniqueBlown, applied

SizeOverall H: 14.2 cm; Rim Diam: 7 cm; Toe to Heel W: 12 cm

Accession Number72.1.1

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass

Place Made

possibly Central Asia

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.
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