The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Goblet with incised designs

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Collecting Turkmen Jewelry: The Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Collection

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Goblet with incised designs

Object Name:: Goblet
Date:: 8th–9th century
Geography:: probably Iraq or Syria
Medium:: Glass, bluish green; blown, applied solid stem and blown foot; scratch-engraved
Dimensions:: H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) Diam. of rim: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Classification:: Glass
Credit Line:: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1965
Accession Number:: 65.173.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 451

Description

This goblet belongs to a distinctive group of glass vessels with scratch-engraved decoration that share stylistic and decorative similarities. Some objects bear inscriptions, such as the kufic calligraphy on this goblet that reads, "Drink! Blessings from God to the owner of the goblet". Formulas including good wishes were commonly found on eating and drinking vessels in both pottery and glass.
Provenance

[ Mohammad Yeganeh, Frankfurt, until 1965; sold to MMA]
See also
What
Engraving (17,386)

Glass (16,037)

Drinking vessels (6,032)

Drinking glasses (1,102)

Goblets (258)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Syria (1,274)
When
A.D. 500-1000 (6,672)
In the Museum
Islamic Art (12,509)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Eastern Mediterranean, 500–1000 A.D.
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