Cup
1000-1200 (made)
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This green transparent glass cup has simple decoration. It is made of blown glass and has a band of flattened ovals pincered below the rim. The glass worker formed the annular (ring-shaped) handle separately before attaching it to the body. It is difficult to identify exactly where Islamic glassware with such simple decoration was made. However, the discovery of similar wares in an 11th-century shipwreck found near the Turkish coast has provided further evidence. It suggests that this cup was made somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean coastlands. Experts think that it was probably made in Egypt in the Fatimid period (969-1171).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Transparent green glass, blown, with pincered decoration and a trailed annular handle |
| Brief description | Cup, green glass with pincered decoration and annular handle, Egypt, 1000-1200 |
| Physical description | Cup, green glass with pincered decoration forming a series of eight ovals just below the rim. An annular handle is attached. |
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| Historical context | A similar cup with an annular handle (but not decorated) has been recovered from the eleventh-century Serçe Limani shipwreck. |
| Summary | This green transparent glass cup has simple decoration. It is made of blown glass and has a band of flattened ovals pincered below the rim. The glass worker formed the annular (ring-shaped) handle separately before attaching it to the body. It is difficult to identify exactly where Islamic glassware with such simple decoration was made. However, the discovery of similar wares in an 11th-century shipwreck found near the Turkish coast has provided further evidence. It suggests that this cup was made somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean coastlands. Experts think that it was probably made in Egypt in the Fatimid period (969-1171). |
| Bibliographic reference | L. Komaroff (ed.) Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles: 2023), p. 180, cat. no. 36b |
| Other number | 8243 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.28-1932 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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