Marvered glass stem cup

Details

• Title

  Marvered glass stem cup

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt (place of creation)

• Date

  12th - 13th century (1101 - 1300)

• Material and technique

  glass, probably free-blown and shaped in a mould, with marvered decoration in white

• Material index

  processed material › glass

• Technique index

  formed › moulded

• Object type

  container › vessel › cup › stem cup

• Dimensions

  4 cm (height)
  8.2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, 1975.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 1 | Exploring the Past

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1975.20

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