Drinking Bowl
The maigelein is a type of small shallow drinking bowl often molded, as here, with a pattern of intersecting ribs. It was widely produced and used in Germany and the Netherlands during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Artwork Details
- Title: Drinking Bowl
- Date: 15th century
- Culture: German
- Medium: Green glass
- Dimensions: Overall: 1 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. (4.8 x 8.6 cm)
- Classification: Glass-Vessels
- Credit Line: Munsey Fund, 1927
- Object Number: 27.185.214
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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mid-16th century
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ca. 1425–50
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15th century
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first half 16th century
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