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"Cage" Animal Flask

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"Cage" Animal Flask, 7th–8th century
Syria
Almost colorless, pale green, and dark bluish green glass; free blown and applied; tooled on the pontil; H. 4 in. (10 cm), Max. W. about 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Max. L. 4 in. (10 cm)
The David Collection, Copenhagen

Pitcher

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Pitcher, late 10th–11th century
Iran
Grayish colorless glass; free blown and applied; tooled; H. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm), Max. Diam. 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm)
The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum

Beaker

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Beaker, 12th–13th century
Syria
Greenish colorless and dark green glass; free blown and applied; tooled on the pontil; H. 5 in. (12.7 cm), Max. Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm)
The Toledo Museum of Art

Cup

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Cup, 9th–10th century
Egypt, Syria, or Iraq
Olive green glass; free blown and impressed; tooled on the pontil; H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Max. Diam. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)
The Corning Museum of Glass

Cup

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Cup, 8th–9th century
Egypt or Syria
Translucent pale blue and opaque white glass; free blown, applied, and marvered; tooled on the pontil; H. 2 1/2 in. (6.2 cm), Max. Diam. 2 1/2 in. (6.2 cm)
The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum

Flask

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Flask, 11th–12th century
Probably Egypt
Translucent dark blue and opaque white glass; free blown, applied, and marvered; tooled on the pontil; H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Max. Diam. 1 1/2 in. (3.7 cm)
The Corning Museum of Glass

Bowl

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Bowl, 9th century
Western Asia, perhaps Iraq
Opaque white, light yellow, light green, red, dark bluish gray, and black glass; slices of mosaic-glass canes fused in disk, slumped, and probably ground and polished; H. 1 in. (2.6 cm), Diam. 2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm)
Trustees of The British Museum, London

Ewer

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Ewer, ca. 1000
Western Asia or Egypt
Transparent light green over colorless glass; blown, cased, cut, and drilled; H. at rim 6 1/4 in. (16 cm), Max. Diam. 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm)
The Corning Museum of Glass

Bowl

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Bowl, 9th–10th century
Western Asia, perhaps Iran
Translucent deep green glass; probably slumped over a mold, then cut, ground, and polished; H. 3 in. (7.6 cm), W. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
The Corning Museum of Glass

Bowl

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Bowl, 11th–12th century
Egypt
Greenish bluish colorless glass, with dark brown silver stain; mold blown, optic blown, and stained; tooled on the pontil; H. 3 in. (7.7 cm), Max. Diam. 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm)
Trustees of The British Museum, London

Beaker

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Beaker, late 13th century
Probably Syria
Grayish colorless glass; red, blue, green, yellow, and white enamels; and gold; free blown, enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; H. 13 1/4 in. (33.5 cm), Diam. at rim 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Diam. at base 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon

The Cavour Vase

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The Cavour Vase, late 13th century
Probably Syria
Dark blue glass; green, red, white, blue, and yellow enamels; and gold; free blown, enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; H. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm), Max. Diam. 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm)
Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar

Spittoon or Basin

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Spittoon or Basin, ca. 1350
Probably Egypt
Brownish colorless glass; red, white, and blue enamels; and gold; free blown, enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Max. Diam. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
The Cleveland Museum of Art

Huqqa Base

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Huqqa Base, late 17th–early 18th century
India
Grayish colorless glass; free blown and wheel-cut; tooled on the pontil; H. 6 3/4 in. (17 cm), Max. Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
The Cleveland Museum of Art

Spittoon

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Spittoon, mid-18th century
India
Dark blue glass, white enamel, and gold; free blown, enameled, and gilded; tooled on pontil; H. 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm), Max. Diam 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait National Museum