sherd / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0654
Object Name: sherd
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Weight: 4.9 g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Vessel fragment with fish motif. An enamel-painted fish appears to swim above a band of inscriptions on a blue background. It is located on the upper rim of what likely would have been a beaker or drinking cup. Enamel-painted glass (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
Earliest Date: 1200
Latest Date: 1399
Verbatim Date: 13th - 14th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Fragments from the Past: Islamic Art from the Collection of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology; Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
Exhibition Curator: Johnson, Dawn; Gruber, Christiane
Publication Title: Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan; Passionate Curiosities: Tales of Collectors & Collections from the Kelsey Museum
Publication Author: Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley; Talalay, Lauren E.; Cool, Margaret Root
Publication Year: 2014; 2015
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

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 4203 x 4255
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 1970.03.0654
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0654/1970_03_0654p01.tif

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