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Basin

14th century
Not on view
The shape of this basin, both in metal and glass, was popular in the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. The surviving examples in glass, however, are only from the Mamluk period and therefore may have been produced in imitation of earlier Ayyubid metal shapes.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Basin
  • Date: 14th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Syria
  • Medium: Glass; enameled
  • Dimensions: H. 6 1/2"
    DIam. 11 1/2"
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1532
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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