Bird-Shaped Pendant with Marvered Body

13th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 454

The exact function of these glass birds is not known. The loop on the backs of some of them suggest that they may have been suspended and the rattling rods found inside indicate that they were perhaps chimes or toys. Many of these birds are decorated with marvered trails, usually white on a manganese-purple ground.

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Title: Bird-Shaped Pendant with Marvered Body
Date: 13th century
Geography: Attributed to Syria
Medium: Glass, reddish-purple; blown, applied marvered opaque white decoration, applied reddish-purple, opaque turquise, and opaque red decoration
Dimensions: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
L. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.27.2
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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