Fragment of Vessel

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Vessel
Accession Number: 
68.1.59-64
Dimensions: 
Overall H: (surviving) 3.1 cm, Diam (est.): about 5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Colorless. Blown; relief-cut. Fragment from wall of beaker (?) with slightly concave profile; orientation unknown. Total thickness is less than 0.2 cm; thickness of decoration is less than 0.1 cm. At presumed top, trace of horizontal rib. Below rib, upper part of oval motif with vertical axis greater than horizontal axis, with horizontally hatched, raised outlines. Inside this motif, pointed oval at top, and oval or almost oval motif at left side.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, pp. 204-205, #345; BIB# 113723