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Object Name: 
Fragment
Accession Number: 
68.1.122
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.7 cm, W: 2.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Transparent blue over colorless. Blown, cased or applied, and relief-cut. Fragment: flat. Colorless glass (Th. 0.15 cm) has relief cut overlay (Th. 0.1 cm) with part of apparently symmetrical motif: rectangular central portion (L. more than 1.0 cm, W. 0.45 cm) bifurcates at one end, with trace of element in relief between forks, and appears to expand or bifurcate at other end; central element five symmetrically placed cuts and forks are notched.

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Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Colorless, transparent blue
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, cased or applied, and relief-cut

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, pp. 323-324, #573; BIB# 113723