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Another widely-exported early relief-cut type, which is often in cameo technique with a different colored outer layer that is cut away to reveal the body as background, leaving the decoration in the contrasting color.
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Title: Glass Fragment
Date: 9th century
Geography: Attributed to Iran, Nishapur. Excavated in Iran
Medium: Glass, blue and opaque white; blown, cased, cut
Dimensions:
H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1940
Object Number: 40.170.181
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