Bowl

Unknown

7th–9th century · Glass, yellowish; blown, applied disk foot, applied rim, blown applied decoration, applied blue decoration · Islamic Art

This glass bowl consists of a shallow, round basin that supports four birds and a vase on its rim. While the basin of the slightly iridescent piece is made of a yellowish, clear glass, the decoration around the rim is blue. The bowl’s imaginative decoration includes several birds which appear as if drinking out of the basin of the bolw. A small vase teeters on the bowl’s edge.

Artist

Unknown

Date

7th–9th century

Medium

Glass, yellowish; blown, applied disk foot, applied rim, blown applied decoration, applied blue decoration

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1964