Fragment with Inscription

Object Name: 
Fragment with Inscription

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Object Name: 
Fragment with Inscription
Accession Number: 
68.1.59-46
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.6 cm, D (est): about 12 cm, Diam (max): 4.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Almost colorless, with yellowish tint and very small bubbles. Blown and relief-cut. Fragment from wall of vessel with very slightly convex profile. Decorated in relief: part of kufic inscription, in which most narrow parts of letters are notched and single expanded part is hatched.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 267, #462; BIB# 113723