Fragment of Bottle

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bottle
Place Made: 
possibly Egypt
possibly Western Asia
Accession Number: 
51.1.115
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam (max): 4 cm; Wall Diam (est): 10 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
701-899
Primary Description: 
Wall descends steeply, with slightly convex profile. Exterior is decorated with isosceles triangle with straight base line and slightly convex sides; triangle contains leaf-like element, which rests on base line and has five lobes on each side and one larger lobe at tip; leaf is enlivened with oval motif; oval and background of leaf have vertical or transverse hatching. To left of triangle, separated from it by narrow undecorated band, is part of second hatched panel (see Remarks). Glass has flattened bubbles, one of which is 1.2 cm long.

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Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Tano, Phocion J. (Greek), Former Collection
1951
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
deep blue
Technique: 
glassblowing
engraving
Material: 
glass

Publications (4)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, pp. 32-33, #38; BIB# 113723
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 2) (1999) p. 194; BIB# 61154
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 1) (1999) pp. 96, 249; BIB# 61154
Glasswares in Famen Temple (1992) illustrated, p. 257, no. 6355; Pl. 2, no. 9 (top center); BIB# AI31213