Fragment of a Vessel

Object Name: 
Fragment of a Vessel

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Object Name: 
Fragment of a Vessel
Place Made: 
Egypt
Western Asia
Accession Number: 
59.1.453
Dimensions: 
Overall D: 4.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown and relief-cut. Fragment from flat floor of vessel (Th. 0.15 cm) decorated on one side in high relief (up to 0.25 cm) with part of animal, including area of six more or less parallel curved lines in relief; adjacent, excavated area enlivened with drilled depressions, and narrow haunch-like element. Some, but not all, raised lines are notched.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Color: 
Clear
Technique: 
free blown and engraved

Exhibitions (1)

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

Publications (3)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 256, #433; BIB# 113723
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) p. 281, no. 590 (group); BIB# 27315
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) p. 49, #298 (group); BIB# 28196