A glass blower made this shallow bowl from transparent glass with a manganese-purple tinge. It has a low foot, and there is pincered decoration in the form of a row of six-petal rosettes just below the rim. Material excavated at Fustat (Old Cairo) often has this style of decoration. We therefore think that this bowl was probably made in Egypt in the 10th century, although it is also possible that it was made in Syria.
Physical description
Dish, light purple freeblown glass, with pincered decoration of seven rosettes
Place of Origin
Egypt (possibly, made)
Syria (possibly, made)
Date
900-1000 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Glass, colourless with light manganese purple tint, freeblown, with impressed and then pincered decoration
Dimensions
Height: 3.2 cm, Width: 10.2 cm maximum
Object history note
From the Wilfred Buckley collection.
Descriptive line
Dish, light purple tinted glass, with pincered decoration of rosettes, Egypt, 900-1000
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Carboni, S., Whitehouse, D. Glass of the Sultans. Catalogue of the exhibition "Glass of the Sultans" held at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, May 24th -Sept. 3rd, 2001; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 2nd, 2001 -Jan. 13th, 2002; The Benaki Museum, Athens, Feb. 20th - May 15th, 2002. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. ISBN 0-87099-986-9 (h.c.), 0-87099-987-7 (pbk), 0-300-0851-5 (Yale Univ. Press). Cat. 44, p. 127
Barrucand, M., ed. Trésors fatimides du Caire Exhibition catalogue Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris. Gand and Paris, 1998, no. 155
Contadini, A. Fatimid Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1998, pl. 42
Exhibition History
Glass of the Sultans (Benaki Museum, Athens 20/02/2002-15/05/2002)
Glass of the Sultans (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 01/10/2001-10/01/2002)
Glass of the Sultans (Corning Museum of Glass 04/05/2001-03/09/2001)
Categories
Islam
Collection code
CER
