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Cup

Collection numberガ102-1143
ProvenanceMesopotamia
PeriodEarly Sasanian period
Date3rd-4th Century CE
MaterialGlass
DimensionD. 10.9 cm
CommentA free-blown bowl in pale green transparent glass with fire-polished mouth rim. The hemispherical body, which narrows below the mouth rim, is decorated with three rows of protrusions. The middle of the body is decorated with two rows of small and large protrusions pulled out with a tool, and a row of small protrusions has been pulled out around the circumference of the base to form a foot. The pale green glass contains many of bubbles, but there is relatively little weathering of the surface. It had been broken into several fragments, but has been completely rebuilt. Similar protruding decorations and the same quality of workmanship have been reported of artifacts from the Hassani Mahale Grave No. 7 in Gilan Province in northwest Iran, at Tell Mahfouz in northern Mesopotamia (third to fourth century), ed-Dur in the United Arab Emirates (third century), and the tomb of Hua Fang in China (interred in 307). Said to originate in Gilan Province in Iran, this bowl and many similar artifacts have found their way to Japan, where they had often been dated to the Parthian era. This type of glass bowl however, is Sasanian Dynasty, made in Mesopotamia.
Classificationglass vessel
KeywordsGreen, Clear
Pretty, Soft
Western Asia, Iraq, Mesopotamia, Iran
Roman-Byzantine Period, Sasanid Dynasty
Glass
Vessel, Bowl
Pattern, Circle/Ellipse, Dot
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