New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Bowl

Manufacturer Unknown

CulturePersian

Date3-7th century A.D.

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6760

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 4

DescriptionBowl or cup of light green glass. Probably many impurities, but there is so much decomposition it is hard to tell. Gives a crackle effect. Thick layer of iridescence removed. Cut with five rows of discs (facet cut?).

Label TextBowl Persia, Sassanian Dynasty 3rd-7th Century A.D. Blown glass; cut. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6760 (GAnPe 66.8) During the Sassanian Dynasty (A.D. 226-642), Persian luxery glasses, decorated with wheel-cut facets, were widely distributed through trade to points as far east as Japan, where a bowl similar to this one was recovered from the tomb of the Emperor Ankan (d. A.D. 535).Published ReferencesCorning Journal II, similar to #8 described on pg. 138-139, called 7th-8th century A.D. Persian at Met. Corning Journal of Glass, V, pg. 144-145, similar to #19, called 6-7th century A.D. Sassanian from Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden. Fukai, _Persian Glass_, pg. 34-35, fig. 20, color plate 1, bowl cut with circular facets, Gilan Province, 3-7th century, Persian, Partho-Sassanian period.