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    • Footed bowl with eagle emblem, Mamluk period (1250–1517), mid-13th century
    Probably Syria
    Glass, colorless with yellow tinge; dip-molded, blown, applied dip-molded blown foot, stained, enameled, gilded

    H. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm), Max. Diam. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Diam. of base 5 in. (12.7 cm)
    Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891 (91.1.1538)

    This splendid footed bowl, now missing its lid, is elaborately decorated with a variety of human and animal figures, calligraphy, and geometric and pseudo-vegetal patterns. The poetic inscription and the medallion bearing an eagle, repeated four times on the body, do not help link this luxury object to a particular sultan or emir.

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  • Jenkins, Marilyn. "Islamic Glass: A Brief History." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 44, no. 2 (Autumn, 1986).
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    • "Director's Note" PDF
    • "Introduction" PDF
  • Gómez-Moreno, Carmen,and Thomas Hoving. "Gold." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 31, no. 2 (Winter, 1972–73).
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    • On view: Gallery 454
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    Footed bowl with eagle emblem, Mamluk period (1250–1517), mid-13th century
    Probably Syria
    Glass, colorless with yellow tinge; dip-molded, blown, applied dip-molded blown foot, stained, enameled, gilded

    H. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm), Max. Diam. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Diam. of base 5 in. (12.7 cm)
    Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891 (91.1.1538)


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