Footed bowl
CultureChinese
DateSong dynasty (960-1279)
MediumDark blue and colorless glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 × 5 1/4 inches (11.11 × 13.34 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-118
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DescriptionCylindrical bowl, fairly thick. Colorless, originally transparent glass (now whitish from decomposition) fused onto a bottom of dark blue glass shaped in twelve lobes, and the whole mounted on a two part foot consisting of a ring of transparent, colorless glass and a flaring circular foot with a double rim formed by turning the glass under at the edge.
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