Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
possibly Syria
Accession Number: 
79.1.152
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.8 cm, Diam (max): 8.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1200-1299
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Beaker. Colorless, with yellowish green tinge, bubbly; blown; enameled. Beaker. Cylindrical, with flared rim; rim, rounded by reheating, flares from long cylindrical body; applied trail on bottom; kicked base with pontil mark. Thin red enamel decorative border at rim; second register, below flared portion, is highlighted in red, green, yellow and white enamel forming two highly stylized floral elements and two dull blue circles; some isolated designs over body.

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Department: 
Ancient; Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-25
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
colorless
red
green
yellow
white
blue
Technique: 
glassblowing
enameling
Material: 
glass
enamel