Bowl with facets in relief
Gilan Province. 3rd-4th century. Height 8 cm., diameter 9.5 cm. Private
collection, Tokyo.
A footed bowl with a slightly constricted rim, made of pale green opaque glass.
There are seven circular facets cut in relief in the upper row and seven
fingertip-sized, almond-shaped molded relief facets in the lower row. Each facet
has a concave surface.
- Shinji Fukai, Persian Glass (New York: Weatherhill, 1977), plate no. 11;
figures 36 and 37
- Photos by Bin Takahashi
Scale drawing of bowl |
This page last updated 23 Feb 2021
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