Hemispherical Cup

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Object Name: 
Hemispherical Cup
Place Made: 
probably Iraq
Western Asia
Accession Number: 
79.1.241
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.3 cm, Diam: 11.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
200-699
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Cup. Almost colorless, with brown tinge. Blown and facet-cut. Cup: hemispherical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall curves down and in, and merges with base. Exterior covered with contiguous hollow facets arranged in five horizontal rows, surrounding large central facet on base. Facets are of different shapes: pentagonal with rounded top on uppermost row; hexagonal on next three rows; circular on bottom row. Central facet is circular.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1979
Color: 
Colorless, Brown Tinge
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, facet-cut

Publications (2)

Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 3) (2012) illustrated, p. 602, top left; BIB# 61154
Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (2005) illustrated, pp. 43-44, #47; BIB# 88262