Applique with Human Head

Object Name: 
Applique with Human Head

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Object Name: 
Applique with Human Head
Place Made: 
possibly Sasanian Empire
Western Asia
Accession Number: 
59.1.178
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.9 cm, W: 2.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
perhaps 400-699
Primary Description: 
Applique with Human Head. Translucent light purple. Pressed. Roughly circular, decorated in prominent relief with male head with low forehead, curved eyebrows meeting above straight nose, and parted lips; both head and face are hairless; field is flat, with rounded edge. Surviving part of vessel appears to be vertical, and its horizontal plane has pronounced curve; no bulb on interior.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Category: 
Islamic
Sasanian
Color: 
Translucent light amethyst
Technique: 
Mold-Pressed

Exhibitions (1)

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Publications (2)

Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (2005) illustrated, pp. 38-39, #39; BIB# 88262
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) p. 42, #239; BIB# 28196