Bowl with Lid
Marvered glass, a technique practiced in antiquity, regained popularity in the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. The glassmaker applied a spiraling trail of white glass to an inflated dark‑glass bubble, then dragged a tool across the trails creating a feathered pattern, and finally rolled the piece over a slab (marver), pressing the trail into the body.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl with Lid
- Date: second half 13th century
- Geography: Attributed to Syria
- Medium: Glass, reddish-purple; blown, applied marvered opaque decoration, applied opaque white rim
- Dimensions: A - bowl:
H. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
D. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Wt. 21.2 oz. (601.1 g)
B - cover:
H. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
W. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
D. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Wt. 11.5 oz. (326.1 g)
C - fragment:
H. 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
D. 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Wt. 0.07 oz. (2 g)
D - fragment:
H. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
W. 3.4 in. (1.9 cm)
D. 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Wt. 0.04 oz. (1.13 g)
E - fragment:
H. 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
D. 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Wt. 0.02 oz. (0.57 g)
F - fragment:
H. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
D. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
Wt. 0.2 oz. 5.67 g) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 1926
- Object Number: 26.77a–f
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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