CulturePersian
Titles
- Beaker
Datec. 9th–10th century
MediumGlass; blown, layered, and tooled, and relief cut (cameo technique)
Dimensions3 3/16 × 3 in. diameter (8.1 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number70.104
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Art of the Islamic WorldsObject Type
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13th century
Glass; blown, marvered, applied, tooled and worked on the pontil
70.108
Samuel Gassman
2023
Tiara: Iron, platinum, enamel on copper, 19th century neoclassical helmet shell cameos, pink conch shell cameo, 19th century malachite cameo, 19th century hard stone cameo, shell, ebony, rose quartz, citrine, opal, garnet, sea glass, aquamarine, amethyst, gold, natural pearls, tigers eye, 19th century cut steel, silk, cotton velvet, and silk floss
Box: Archival foam core, Magic Smooth resin, cotton gauze, silk, cotton velvet, silver, metallic bullion ribbon, paper, cotton damask c. 1900, silk damask c. 1850, 18th century linen, cotton thread, and silk floss
2024.284.A,.B
late 19th–early 20th century
Silver; fire-gilded and chased, with table-cut carnelians.
2023.587
mid–late 19th century
Silver; fire-gilded and chased, with decorative wire, chains, openwork, and table-cut carnelians.
2023.585
late 16th–early 17th century
Silk, cotton, and metal-wrapped thread: cut and voided velvet, brocaded
2015.80