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Goblet

800-1000 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Iran (made)

Rhyton, greenish colourless glass, attached stemmed foot, decorated with trailed band, and wheelcut pattern of leaves

Object details

Category
Glass
Object type
Goblet
Materials and techniques
Glass, mouldblown, with applied, trailed and cut decoration
Brief description
Rhyton or footed horn-shaped goblet, glass with wheelcut foliate decoration and applied and pincered trail, Iran, 800-1000
Physical description
Rhyton, greenish colourless glass, attached stemmed foot, decorated with trailed band, and wheelcut pattern of leaves
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.3cm
  • Maximum width: 7.0cm
Styles
ISLAM
ISLAMIC
Gallery label
This piece copies a tradition, already well established in the Roman period, of making drinking glasses in fanciful shapes. This piece has been dated as early as the 6th century, but a mediaeval date is now thought more probable.
Bibliographic reference
cf J.A. Brooks (1975)
Other number
8226 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.75-1969

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O5724/goblet-unknown/
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