beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromGlass, Gilding, Enamel

Date1200-1299

Place Madepossibly Syria

TechniqueBlown, gilded, enameled

SizeOverall H: 16.9 cm, Diam (max.): 7.4 cm

Accession Number79.1.162

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Tentoonstlling van Islamische Kunst

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionBeaker. Colorless, with yellowish tinge; bubbles; decorated in gold, red, green, blue, and white. Blown; gilded, enameled. Beaker. Cylindrical, with flared rim; rim, rounded by reheating, flares from long cylindrical body; applied trail on bottom; kicked base with pontil mark. Thin red enamel fish and birds cover entire surface; each is filled with gilding. Below flared body, wide arcade-decorated band outlined in thick blue enamel and detailed with red; between arcades, stylized floral elements filled with green, blue, white and red enamel.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979

Former Collection Paul Gillet
documented in 1927