Fragment with Bird

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Object Name: 
Fragment with Bird
Accession Number: 
68.1.59-58
Dimensions: 
Overall D (max, est): about 9 cm, Diam (max): 3.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Colorless, with few bubbles. Blown and relief-cut. Fragment from wall of bowl (?). Wall curves down and in, becoming thicker toward bottom. Outside is decorated in relief: part of bird with breast indicated by notched outline, two very short legs, each indicated by vertical cut below hollow circular facet, and two feet, each indicated by raised triangle.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Color: 
Technique: 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 185, #309; BIB# 113723