Fragment with Inscription

Object Name: 
Fragment with Inscription

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Object Name: 
Fragment with Inscription
Place Made: 
Near East
Accession Number: 
59.1.498
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 2.8 cm; Estimate at Inscription D: 11 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Transparent green over colorless; both with very few minute bubbles. Blown, applied or cased; relief-cut. Fragment of vessel. Wall (TTh. 0.2 cm) has convex profile and is decorated in relief (Th. less than 0.1 cm): small part of one horizontal line of Kufic inscription.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Transparent green over colorless
Technique: 
Blown, applied or cased, and cut.

Exhibitions (1)

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 320, #563; BIB# 113723