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On short term loan out for exhibition

Dish

900-1000 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glass, colourless with light manganese purple tint, freeblown, with impressed and then pincered decoration
Brief description
Dish, light purple tinted glass, with pincered decoration of rosettes, Egypt or Syria, 900-1000
Physical description
Dish, light purple-tinted freeblown glass, with impressed and pincered decoration of seven rosettes
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.2cm
  • Maximum width: 10.2cm
Style
Credit line
Wilfred Buckley Collection
Object history
From the Wilfred Buckley collection.
Summary
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.
Bibliographic references
  • Carboni, S., and Whitehouse, D. Glass of the Sultans, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2001 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
  • L. Komaroff (ed.) Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles: 2023), p. 239, cat. no. 70a
Other number
8246 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
C.157-1936

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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