Fragment with Leaf Scroll

Object Name: 
Fragment with Leaf Scroll

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Object Name: 
Fragment with Leaf Scroll
Accession Number: 
68.1.59-55
Dimensions: 
Overall H: about 4.1 cm, W: 4.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Transparent green over almost colorless with yellow tinge; latter with very few tiny bubbles. Blown, applied; relief-cut. Fragment of vessel with straight, vertical or almost vertical wall (TTh. 0.3 cm). Both green overlay (Th. 0.05 cm) and colorless glass (Th. 0.25 cm) have relief-cut ornament with notched outlines: green has vegetal scroll, and colorless has parts of two elements, also probably vegetal scrolls. Colorless glass is only 0.1 cm thick between relief-cut motifs.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, pp. 315-316, #552; BIB# 113723