Title
Beaker with inscription band
Year/Period
13th or 14th century
Region
Egypt or Syria (Mamluk)
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 11.3 x 10.0 x 10.0 cm
Accession No.
2021-00447
Collection of
This beaker bears an inscription along the top of the central decorative band. It contains benedictory phrases of fortune, glory and wellbeing as is typical of such inscriptions on tableware. While enameled glass was fashionable during the Mamluk period (1250-1517), the decoration on this beaker features raised enamel dots not commonly used by Mamluk artists. Numerous beakers of this type as well as fragments found strongly suggest that such beakers were made for popular consumption and not as luxury items for the wealthy.
