Vessel base fragment / Glass
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1965.03.0223
- Object Name
- Vessel base fragment
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Weight
- 32.8g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Vessel fragment. Deep blue glass of the fragment is decorated with threads of white glass. The color and pattern evoke sea waves and foam. Free-blown and marvered glass (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Earliest Date
- 700
- Latest Date
- 999
- Verbatim Date
- 8th - 10th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Gruber, Christiane
- Publication Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
- Publication Author
- Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Class Title
- Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
- Class Instructor
- Gruber, Christiane
- Class Department
- HISTART
- Class Number
- 490.001
- Class Year
- 2020
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 1965.03.0223
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1965.03.0223/dsc_3552.jpg
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"Vessel base fragment; Glass". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1965.03.0223/dsc_3552.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 04, 2023.