Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Fragment

Uncertain (made)
Place of origin

Fragment of dull green glass in buff coloured earthernware.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Glass fragment, Mesopotamia
Physical description
Fragment of dull green glass in buff coloured earthernware.
Style
Gallery label
One of seven fragments of glazed ware and vitreous matter dug up on the site of a kiln at Mesopotamia
Credit line
Given by Brigadier General R. Pope-Hennessy, DSO
Production
Excavated at Al-Qadisya on the Tigris (Mesopotamia).
Collection
Accession number
C.396-1919

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Record createdNovember 24, 1998
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