sherd / Glass
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1970.03.0654
- Object Name
- sherd
- 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
- Record
- 1970.03.0654
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0654/dsc_1628.jpg
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"sherd; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0654/dsc_1628.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
