Inscribed, Kufic script.
Beaker, ca. 1250
- Islamic, Egyptian
- Islamic, Syrian
Glass, gold, and enamel
- Framed: Overall (h x diam (at rim)): 4 13/16 × 3 1/4 inches (12.2 × 8.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, Mrs. Ernest Kanzler and Robert H. Tannahill in memory of Mrs. William Clay
44.192
On View
- Islamic N120
Department
Islamic Art
- Dots
- Ayyubid
- Mamluk
- Free-blown glass
- Enamel
- Gold
- Glass
- Beaker (drinking vessel)
- Kufic script
- Syria
- Egypt
- Fish
Details
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
Provenance
Eleanor Clay Ford [Eleanor Lowthian Clay], Josephine Kanzler [Josephine Hudson Clay Kanzler] [d. 1954], and Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969]; 1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
W., A. C. "Goblet wiht Flaring Rim," Bulletin of the DIA 24, no. 3 (1945): 38, (ill.).
Rights Status
possibly Islamic, Syrian; possibly Islamic, Egyptian, Beaker, ca. 1250, glass, gold, and enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, Mrs. Ernest Kanzler and Robert H. Tannahill in memory of Mrs. William Clay, 44.192.
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