Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Accession Number: 
67.1.47
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.2 cm, Diam (rim): 10 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
775-825
Credit Line: 
Gift of the American Research Center in Egypt
Primary Description: 
Transparent green; many bubbles; pale purple streamers in wall, and brown streamer in base. Blown. Bowl: cylindrical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall vertical, bulging slightly at bottom; base plain, slightly concave and with low dome in floor; pontil mark irregular (W. 1.2 cm).
Department: 
Provenance: 
American Research Center in Egypt, Source
1967
Category: 
Technique: 
Material: 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 27-28, #622; BIB# 113723
Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period (2001) pp. 23-24, #2d; BIB# 75800