Beaker with Marvered White Trails

Place of OriginEgypt

Date13th century

DimensionsH: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

MediumBlown and tooled glass, with applied marvered threads

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1969.365

Not on View

Label TextThis vessel belongs to a set of six manganese (deep purple) Mamluk glass vessels with marvered white trails, acquired by TMA as a group (1969.362, 1969.363, 1969.364, 1969.365, 1969.366, 1969.367), first documented in Egypt around 1960.Exhibition HistoryBenaki Museum, Athens, Greece. 2002.