Fragment with Palmette

Object Name: 
Fragment with Palmette

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Object Name: 
Fragment with Palmette
Accession Number: 
68.1.59-54
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Almost colorless, with yellowish tinge; small bubbles. Blown; slant- and linear-cut. Fragment from wall (Th. 0.2 cm) of vessel with slant- and linear-cut decoration. Ornament consists of two parallel linear cuts, probably transverse and defining side of triangular panel; one cut at opposite edge of panel may define other side, in which case apex was just above top of fragment. Panel contains schematic palmette with notched sides and hatched interior, which would have fitted perfectly into top of triangle.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, pp. 172-173, #287; BIB# 113723