cup
Object NameCup with Inscription
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeIran
Techniquemold-blown, linear-cut
SizeOverall H: 8.8 cm, Diam: 9.1 cm
Accession Number79.1.93
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with green tinge; very few minute bubbles. Mold-blown; linear-cut. Cup: roughly cylindrical. Rim plain, with bevel on inside; wall straight, tapering slightly, then tapering sharply before curving down and in to bottom; base plain; no pontil mark. Wall has linear decoration (from top to bottom): 2.2–2.7 cm below lip, two continuous horizontal ribs separated by groove; at point where profile changes, one continuous horizontal groove; on lower part and at bottom of curved section, narrow vertical “step.” Underside of base has one line of Kufic inscription intended to be read from the inside: “camal c Ibra¯n” (the work of c Ibra¯n)Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
