Blue glass jug with naskhi inscription

Details

• Title

  Blue glass jug with naskhi inscription

• Associated people

  Sultan Salah al-Din al-Malik al-Mansur Muhammad II (ruled 1361 - 1363) (named on object)

• Associated place

  Asia › Syria (place of creation)

  The Roman World › Further Asia › Syria › Damascus (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  1361 - 1363

• Material and technique

  glass, free-blown, with traces of gilding and possibly enamels

• Material index

  processed material › glass;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › enamel

• Technique index

  covered › metallized › gilded;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  container › vessel › jug

• Dimensions

  11.4 x 10 x 9.5 cm (height x width x depth)
  at rim 5.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, 1977.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1977.9

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