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Object NameFragment
Made FromGlass
Dateprobably 1300-1350
Place MadeNear East; probably Syria
Techniquefree blown, enameled and gilded
Accession Number51.1.207
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment. Clear glass with yellow tint and many slightly elongated bubbles, slight wear marks; free blown, enameled and gilded; part of shoulder and neck (of a lamp?); from bottom to top: Cufic inscription with blue filling "in relief", a band of small Cufic (?) letters (?), an arabesques-frieze with medallions (showing animals) with blue filling, another band of Cufic (?) letters (?).
Provenance
Former Collection Phocion J. Tano (Greek)
mosque lamp
Philippe-Joseph Brocard
about 1880
beaker
1200-1299