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Millefiori glass bowl
(زبدية زجاجية بتقنية ميلفيوري)

Title	Millefiori glass bowl
Title Original	زبدية زجاجية بتقنية ميلفيوري
Publication Date:	Late second century - third century AH / ninth century AD
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Glass, green, opaque yellow, and opaque red mosaic, fused/fused, tumbled, honed and polished, base/leg added
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 5.1 سم قطر الإطار : 14.3 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	2.001.266
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;46;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	Late second century - third century AH / ninth century AD
Notes	The mille fiori (thousand flowers) technique was rediscovered in the eighth or ninth century in Mesopotamia and may have been used in the production of pieces for the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad and Samarra. A number of surviving bowls and tiles show that the technique was used in both local furnishings and interior decoration, and examples such as the one shown here demonstrate the complexity and scope of the work of Abbasid glassmakers.
Sample Text	“Glass bowl using the Millefiori technique” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;46;ar

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Millefiori glass bowl

(زبدية زجاجية بتقنية ميلفيوري)

Publication Date Late second century - third century AH / ninth century AD

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Glass, green, opaque yellow, and opaque red mosaic, fused/fused, tumbled, honed and polished, base/leg added

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 5.1 سم قطر الإطار : 14.3 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 2.001.266

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;46;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Late second century - third century AH / ninth century AD

Notes The mille fiori (thousand flowers) technique was rediscovered in the eighth or ninth century in Mesopotamia and may have been used in the production of pieces for the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad and Samarra. A number of surviving bowls and tiles show that the technique was used in both local furnishings and interior decoration, and examples such as the one shown here demonstrate the complexity and scope of the work of Abbasid glassmakers.

Sample Text “Glass bowl using the Millefiori technique” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;46;ar