New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Bowl

Manufacturer Unknown

Date5-6TH CENTURY A.D.

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6763

Terms

Colorless
Green

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DescriptionBowl/cup or lamp of clear pale greenish blown glass. With eighteen applied ribs with every three tooled into nipped diamond waves (making 6) to about .75" of rim. Ribs at the pontil to make an irregular foot-like protrudence. Reconstructed. Weathered and some iridescence left. Rough pontil. Probably from Anavian, said to have been found in Amlash.

Label TextBowl Persia, Parthian Dynasty 1st-3rd Century A.D. Blown and tooled glass. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6763 (GAnPe 67.3)