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artefact; mosaic(?)

Object Type: artefact; mosaic (?)
Museum number: OA+.11835
Description: Fragment. Convex quasi-hemisphere, cloison in mosaic (?). Made of blown glass.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 9thc
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Samarra, No red number, but most probably the Dar al-Khilafa
Materials
Technique: blown; mosaic (?)
Dimensions: Diameter: 1.75 centimetres; Height: 0.60 centimetres; Thickness: 0.10 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Lamm 1928 / Das Glas von Samarra forschungen zur islamischen Kunst, (p.122, no.343) (small round shape); Herzfeld Sketchbook VII / Excavation of Samarra' (Iraq): Finds, Sketchbook VII (p.28)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1921
Department: Middle East
Registration number: OA+.11835