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

Fragment

mid 13th century (made)
Place of origin

Fragment of a beaker body, part of now faded gold inscription in Naskh with blue enamel infill, a red enamel line separates the band of inscription from the body on which is depicted a tree and pavilion in green, yellow, blue and red enamel. Very similar to the two beakers in Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore illustrated in Atil, Art of the Mamluks (1981), pp. 126-7, nos. 44-45.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Gilded and enamelled
Brief description
Fragment of a beaker, probably Syria, 1250-1260
Physical description
Fragment of a beaker body, part of now faded gold inscription in Naskh with blue enamel infill, a red enamel line separates the band of inscription from the body on which is depicted a tree and pavilion in green, yellow, blue and red enamel. Very similar to the two beakers in Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore illustrated in Atil, Art of the Mamluks (1981), pp. 126-7, nos. 44-45.
DimensionsDimensions not recorded
Style
Credit line
Given by Dr W. L. Hildburgh
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Atil, Art of the Mamluks (1981), pp. 126-7, nos. 44-45.
Collection
Accession number
C.118C-1947

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Record createdApril 19, 1999
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