Bowl
This glass bowl consists of a shallow, round basin that supports four birds and a vase on its rim. While the basin of the slightly iridescent piece is made of a yellowish, clear glass, the decoration around the rim is blue. The bowl’s imaginative decoration includes several birds which appear as if drinking out of the basin of the bolw. A small vase teeters on the bowl’s edge.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl
- Date: 7th–9th century
- Geography: Attributed to Syria
- Medium: Glass, yellowish; blown, applied disk foot, applied rim, blown applied decoration, applied blue decoration
- Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1964
- Object Number: 64.131
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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