Fragment of Cup

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Cup
Place Made: 
possibly Western Asia
possibly Egypt
Accession Number: 
51.1.116
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.9 cm; Wall Diam (est): 9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
701-899
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Cup (?). Wall descends vertically. Exterior has scratch-engraved ornament: horizontal band with single border line above and below; surviving part of band contains diamond-shaped panel with double outlines, inside which are four circles filled with vertical hatching; triangular areas between edges of diamond and border lines also have vertical hatching.

More Info

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

Publications (4)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 28, #29; 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) p. 257, no. 6354; Pl. 2, no. 9 (top left); BIB# AI31213