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Beaker with Relief-cut Decoration

9th–10th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 453
In its size, state of preservation, and fineness of execution, this piece has few parallels in Islamic relief-cut glass. The decoration consists of a band of palmettes, half-palmettes, and floral motifs on two scrolls between two horizontal ridges. Early Islamic carved rock-crystal vessels reputedly produced in Egypt demonstrate a close similarity in technique and design.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Beaker with Relief-cut Decoration
  • Date: 9th–10th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Iran
  • Medium: Glass, colorless; blown, cut
  • Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
    Diam. 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
    Wt. 4.1 oz. (116.2 g)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, and Jack A. Josephson, Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin W. Pearson Gifts, 1974
  • Object Number: 1974.45
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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