Publication Date
The second half of the 4th century and the beginning of the 5th century AH / the second half of the 10th century and the beginning of the 11th century AD
Publication Place
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Museum of Islamic Arts; Raqqada; Kairouan
Subject
Engraved and decorated glass.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 11 سم؛ القطر: 0.4 إلى 0.6 سم؛ سماكة الزجاج عند الفوهة: 0.1 إلى 0.15 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
VR 015
Record ID
object;ISL;tn;Mus01;41;ar
Library Location
Museum of Islamic Arts; Raqqada; Kairouan
Date
The second half of the 4th century and the beginning of the 5th century AH / the second half of the 10th century and the beginning of the 11th century AD
Notes
The piece represents a conical cup, the upper part of which forms an area devoid of decoration and opens out in the shape of a flower cup. The bottom of the base is concave, which makes the cup stable. We also find in the middle of this base, where the glass cup used to hold his stick, a small protrusion in the shape of a navel. The glass is transparent and slightly smoky, contains few air bubbles, and takes on a mixture of beautiful colors such as those characteristic of rainbows and scallops. Its lower part is decorated with an oblique square defined by a double notch at the upper and lower ends. This square defines two rows of seven triangular holes and two other rows of seven diamond-shaped holes. The first rows are decorated with a spindle-shaped, oblique groove, while the following rows are decorated with two opposite lobes. At each intersection point there is an elliptical notch (segment of a circle) that intersects the square. An external groove occupies the middle of the bottom of the mug, and connects it to the vertical inner surface of the mug by a quarter circle. This mug presents many points of similarity with similar pieces found in Fustat, Raqqa, and Damascus, and with the shipwreck cargo discovered during the underwater excavations of the "Circe Limani" at the bottom of the sea, some distance from the Turkish coast. Its rigid form reminds us of the shape of the drinking vessels that caliphs or notables carried on Fatimid wooden galleries in Cairo.
Sample Text
Mourad Rammah "Mug" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tn;Mus01;41;ar
