Glass bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Small, thin-walled, conical, light green clear glass bowl. The sides and bottom show regular depressions from the glass being blown into a mold. A rough pontil mark on the base can be seen on the inset bottom. Scattered bubbles throughout the glass.

• Provenance

  To 1997

  Clarence and Kathryn Kubichek, Blairstown, Iowa. [1]

  From 1997

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Clarence and Kathryn Kubichek, Blairstown, Iowa. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kathryn Scott Kubichek (American, 1919-2008)

  Clarence Kubichek (1916-2008)

• Origin

  Nishapur, Khurasan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Clarence and Kathryn Kubichek in memory of Gladys Scott

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  900s, 800s

• Name

  Kubichek, Kathryn Scott, Kubichek, Clarence

• Place

  Nishapur, Khurasan

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE), Glassblowing

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)