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Almost colorless, but with brownish tinge that is often likened to smoky topaz; small bubbles. Blown; slant- and linear-cut. Beaker shaped like truncated cone. Rim plain and rounded; wall is thick and tapering; base is in form of flange with sloping top, vertical side, and four equidistant notches; underside of base is concave and has pontil mark. Decoration consists of single continuous register extending from top to bottom of wall, divided at top into six shallow slant-cut facets, four of which are vertical and relatively large, while two are triangular and small. The register contains two lions in prominent relief and, above their backs, two kite-shaped motifs, also in relief. Each lion occupies two vertical facets, and each kite-shaped motif is contained in one of the triangular facets. Lions are virtually identical; they walk, one in front of the other, from right to left, with bodies in profile and heads full-face. Each lion has right foreleg extended, and its long S-shaped tail is raised. Head has two circular slant-cut eyes, one projecting ear, and snout with simple linear-cut details; left shoulder is also slant-cut; mane, neck, chest, and parts of back, limbs, and tail are covered with triangular and quadrilateral groups of parallel cuts; claws are indicated by short linear cuts; tassel at end of tail is crosshatched. Kite-shaped motifs are also very similar. Each contains slant-cut equilateral triangle with apex touching top of kite and base extending from side to side. Interior of triangle is divided by three linear cuts into pentagon at center and one small triangle at each angle
Exhibitions (3)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1993-04-24 through 1994-12-31

The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples.
The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.
Publications (43)
Ancient and Islamic Glass: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2019)
illustrated, pp. 114-115;
The Decanter: Ancient to Modern (2018)
illustrated, p. 69 (fig. 1);
The Hedwig Glasses: Thoughts on Design, Function, and Origins (2015)
illustrated, p. 6 (top left);
BIB# AI101076
Firts U.S. Exhibition of Medieval Glass Objects for Daily Use Opens at The Corning Museum of Glass May 15 (2010-5)
illustrated
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010)
illustrated, pp. 333-337, #586;
BIB# 113723
Kreuzfahrer (Crusader) (2004)
illustrated
BIB# 74537
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 58;
BIB# 68214
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 18;
BIB# 63967
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 74-75, pl. 29;
BIB# 33819
The History of Glass (1989 edition) (1989)
illustrated, p. 55;
BIB# 150278
La Resurrection des Verras Medievaux (1988-10)
illustrated, p. 18;
Islamic Art in the United States: The Corning Museum of Glass (1985)
p. 70, ill.;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980)
pp. 74-75, pl. 29;
BIB# 20953
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974)
illustrated, p. 28, #29;
BIB# 28793
Important Mediaeval and Renaissance works of art, clocks and ormolu, rugs and carpets, tapestries...French furniture. (1967-05-18)
p. 12, lot #24, ill.;
BIB# 12834
Mittelalterliche Gläser und Steinschnittarbeiten aus dem Nahen Osten (1929-1930)
p. 173, #5;
BIB# 28511
Die Hedwigsglaser und verwandte fatimidsche Glas- und Kristallschnitt (1912)
p. 55;