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Object Name: 
Fragment
Accession Number: 
68.1.59-78
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.3 cm, W: 2.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Transparent yellowish brown over colorless; both with few tiny bubbles. Blown, cased or applied; relief-cut. Fragment of vessel with convex profile. Wall (TTh. 0.35 cm) is decorated with brown overlay (Th. 0.05 cm) relief-cut in form of scrolling motif with notched and drilled outlines. Colorless glass (original Th. 0.3 cm) has been removed to depth of 0.15–0.2 cm, so that parts of wall are only 0.1 cm thick.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 324, #574; BIB# 113723