Footed Bowl and Plate

first half 18th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 463

Of all the varieties of Mughal glass known, this milky white color constitutes the rarest type. The painted decoration in gold and silver (now darkened) displays flowering shrubs enclosed in oval compartments, laid out in a radiating pattern, a classic Mughal decorative scheme that is also seen in contemporary metalwork.

Artwork Details

Title: Footed Bowl and Plate
Date: first half 18th century
Geography: Made in India
Medium: Glass, opalescent white; blown, bowl with applied stem and blown applied foot, fired silver and gold decoration
Dimensions: Bowl - H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Dish - Diam. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 2000
Object Number: 2000.490a, b
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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