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Vessel in the Shape of a Fish
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Vessel in the Shape of a Fish

Place of OriginRome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsL: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm); W: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown with applied decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1066
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Blowing spirals. Colorless, with greenish tinge; shape of a fish with open mouth Transparent natural grayish green (between 10 GY 5/2 and 5 GY 7/2). Translucent similarly colored bits. Free-blown. No pontil mark. Added bits. Tooled. Rounded rim, drawn up on two sides to resemble jaws of fish. Strongly sloped shoulder. Flattened bulbous body with greatest diameter below shoulder. Base pinched flat and tooled into flaring fins. Bits of various sizes added to represent eyes and top and bottom fins.
Vase
Frederick Carder
Probably 1920-1932
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Aram (Convertible Series)
Monir Farmanfarmaian
2015
Inro:  sword guards (Tsuba)
Kajikawa 梶川
mid-to late 19th century
Netsuke: box of shells
Tomokazu 友一 (Kanō Tomokazu 加納友一)
19th century
Ojime: bronze floral
Edo Period
early 17th-late 19th Century

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