Cup with Handle

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Cup with Handle

Eastern Mediterranean, first half of 11th century
Glass
Glass, free-blown and tooled with applied thread and handle
2 x 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (5.08 x 6.35 x 9.53 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.26)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This simple glass drinking cup is enhanced with elegant touches of decoration: an opaque green glass thread applied to the lip; a circular ridge just below the rim, perhaps to catch drops of liquid af...
This simple glass drinking cup is enhanced with elegant touches of decoration: an opaque green glass thread applied to the lip; a circular ridge just below the rim, perhaps to catch drops of liquid after sipping; and a handle decorated with thumb and finger stops. A comparable cup was excavated from a wrecked trading ship that sank off the southwest coast of Turkey around AD 1025, allowing the LACMA example to be dated with precision.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Komaroff, Linda, editor. Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2023.
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