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Dip Mold

Dip Mold

 
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Object Name: 
Dip Mold
Department
Ancient
Place Made: 
probably Western Asia
Date: 
1000-1299
Color
AAT
reddish brown
Technique
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incising
AAT
casting
Material
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brass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.4 cm, Diam (max): 8.8 cm
Accession Number: 
86.7.15
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Reddish brown metal; cast, incised. Mold shaped like truncated cone. Rim in form of narrow flange, with flat top and rounded edge; wall straight; base plain, slightly convex. Interior has molded decoration in prominent relief: on wall, extending from top to bottom, 13 continuous horizontal rows of tall, narrow rhomboid bosses arranged in quincunx; on floor, rosette consisting of seven widely spaced, narrow rhomboid bosses, surrounded by continuous ring of 13 narrow rhomboid bosses. On outside, incised Arabic inscription consisting of two lines of Nashki script: Uthman b. Abu Nasr / az-Zajjaz: Uthman, son of Abu Nasr, glassmaker.
Inscription
Uthman b. Abu nasr, glassmaker
Inscription
:
scratched on outside
Provenance
Sotheby's, Source
1986-04-18

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Exhibitions

Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World
Venue(s)
American Museum of Natural History 2009-11 through 2010-08
National Chaing Kai Shek Memorial Hall
Glass of the Sultans
Venue(s)
Benaki Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publications
1
 

Publications

Histoire du Verre: les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Islam (2007) illustrated, p. 91; BIB# 98424
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006) illustrated, p. 56; BIB# 96551
Looking at Glass: A Guide to Terms, Styles and Techniques (2005) illustrated, p. 55; BIB# 99164
Looking at Glass: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques (2005) illustrated, p. 55; BIB# 79754
Glass of the Sultans (2001) illustrated, p. 85, #11; BIB# 68105
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 2) (1999) p. 504; BIB# 61154
Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 1) (1999) pp. 226, 250; BIB# 61154
La Fenice di Sabbia: Storia e Tecnologia del vetro Antico (1995) illustrated, p. 88; p. 89, fig. 123; BIB# 39935
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (1993) p. 53; BIB# 35660
Three Islamic Molds (1993) pp. 152-153;
Stained Glass: Jewels of Light (1988) illustrated, p. 17; BIB# 59584
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) p. 5;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 29 (1987) illustrated, pp. 114-115, #4; BIB# AI19055
Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles (1986-04-16) p. 11, lot 33;

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