Fragment of an Ewer

A small, irregular fragment of pale greenish blown glass, its rim broken and its surface covered with applied orange-brown trails and blobs of glass forming looping, branching patterns. The fragment is shown in close view against a neutral backdrop, with the tooled decoration catching light across its curved wall.

Look closer: A small red-orange fleck of residue or applied glass sits along the lower left edge of the fragment.

Artist

Unknown

Date

8th–9th century

Medium

Glass; blown, applied; tooled

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1008 × 1015 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1932