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Collections

Cup with Handlefirst half of 11th century

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Islamic Art and Late Antiquity
Ancient glass cup with squat rounded body, frosted and iridescent from age, teal-green rim, and small strap handle with knobbed terminals
Blown glass cup with cylindrical form, nearly colorless with milky iridescence from weathering, a green-tinted rolled rim, and a small applied handle with knobbed terminals.
Title
Cup with Handle
Place Made
Eastern Mediterranean
Date Made
first half of 11th century
Medium
Glass, free-blown and tooled with applied thread and handle
Dimensions
2 x 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (5.08 x 6.35 x 9.53 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.26
Classification
Glass
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial 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 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.

Selected Bibliography
  • 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.