Deep Bowl with Marvered White Trails
Deep Bowl with Marvered White Trails
Place of OriginEgypt
Date13th century
DimensionsH: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 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
1969.362
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DescriptionA deep, rounded bowl blown from dark manganese-purple glass which appears black in reflected light. The exterior is decorated with opaque white glass threads wound horizontally around the body and marvered (melted flush) into the surface. These threads have been tooled or combed while hot to create a festooned, zigzag, or feather pattern that covers the lower body. The vessel originally had a foot, which is now missing. The surface shows signs of historical restoration using resin fills.
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.
13th century
about 1350-1300 BCE
5th-4th century BCE, possibly later
5th-4th century BCE
13th century
12th-13th century
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
3rd through 2nd century BCE
1st century CE
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