Friday, March 29, 2013
"Fourteenth Century Syrian Glass"
8:36pm
Friday, March 29, 2013
"Fourteenth Century Syrian Glass"
8:36pm
| I've been continuing digging in old photo folders, finding all sorts of lovely things! |
 Lamp Egypt or Syria, mid-14th century Glass, free-blown and tooled, enameled and gilded Height: 14 7/8 in. (37.78 cm); Diameter: 11 1/2 in. (29.21 cm) William Randolph Hearst Collection, LACMA #50.28.4 Info card Alternate view... |
| This lamp was designed to be suspended from the little loops around its sides. The following piece at Chicago's Art Institute is very similar to the one at LACMA: |
 Lamp, 14th century Egypt or Syria Glass painted with red, blue, pale green, and white enamels and gilding Dimensions: 28.2 x 18.1 x 18.1 cm (11 1/16 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.) Martin A. Ryerson Collection, ARTIC #1932.1179 |
| My photo of these three pieces at Smithsonian's Freer Gallery is a bit fuzzy, but you can get some idea: |
 Piece behind and to the right: Vase with four handles Glass, enameled and gilded Damascus, Syria, Mamluk period, ca. 1325-50 Accession Number: F1934.19 (Forward Piece) Bowl Gilded and enameled glass Syria, 1350s-1400s Accession Number: F1933.13 Here's a better view of the bowl:  (From info card) "Monumental in scale and exquisitely decorated, this deep bowl is characteristic of the finest glass production in late-fourteenth-century Syria. Its decorative frieze of fantastic animals - two griffins, two sphinxes, a lion, and three unicorns - is punctuated with the blazons of the Rasulid rulers of Yemen (1228-1454), identifying them once again as patrons of this vessel. In addition to its impressive size and sophisticated design, the bowl is remarkable for its enameling on both the exterior and interior surfaces." |
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