Hemispherical glass bowl with facets

Details

• Title

  Hemispherical glass bowl with facets

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › Iraq (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  Sasanian Period (AD 226 - 651)

• Material and technique

  glass, mould-blown, wheel-cut, and polished

• Material index

  processed material › glass

• Technique index

  formed › moulded;

  cut;

  polished

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  8.8 cm (height)
  10.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1965.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 28 | Asian Crossroads

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1965.739

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