Detail View: The AMICA Library: Beaker
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1974.45
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Iranian
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Title:
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Beaker
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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10th-11th century
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Creation Start Date:
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900
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Creation End Date:
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1099
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Materials and Techniques:
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Blown, tooled, and relief-cut glass
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Classification Term:
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Glass
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Dimensions:
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H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm), Diam. at lip 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm), Wt. 118.932g
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1974.45
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Rogers Fund and Jack A. Josephson, Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Pearson Gifts, 1974
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Rights:
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Context:
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In its size, state of preservation, and fineness of execution, this piece has few parallels in Islamic relief-cut glass. The decoration consists of a band of palmettes, half-palmettes, and floral motifs on two scrolls between two horizontal ridges. Early Islamic carved rock-crystal vessels produced in Egypt demonstrate a close similarity in technique and design. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.is1974.45.R.tif
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