Bowl with Lid
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Marvered glass, a technique practiced in antiquity, regained popularity in the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods. The glassmaker applied a spiraling trail of white glass to an inflated dark‑glass bubble, then dragged a tool across the trails creating a feathered pattern, and finally rolled the piece over a slab (marver), pressing the trail into the body.
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