Fragment with Half-Palmette

Object Name: 
Fragment with Half-Palmette

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Object Name: 
Fragment with Half-Palmette
Accession Number: 
68.1.59-50
Dimensions: 
Overall D (est) about: 10 cm, Diam (max): 4.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Colorless or almost colorless. Blown and relief-cut. Fragment from vessel with convex profile. Wall is decorated in relief on outside: upper part of "tree" with half-palmette at top, above triangular or tear-shaped element inside kite-shaped motif with raised outlines, above stem, which is wider near bottom than at top; on either side of tree, parts of curvilinear motifs. Outlines of kite are lightly notched and other motifs are hatched, in some cases in herringbone pattern.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, pp. 260-261, #446; BIB# 113723