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This four-sided bottle is almost square, the base
is nearly flat, the profile is straight, and the neck
is slightly flared and curved. The body and neck
were entirely marvered into a slightly irregular
arched and wavy pattern. The pale grey thread is
wider and more predominant that the brown and
yellow threads.
So-called marvered glass from the Islamic
period includes some of the most peculiar and
appealing objects produced by medieval
glassmakers. The marvered trails, subsequently
tooled with a pointed device, into wavy, arcaded,
festooned, or foliate patterns, are almost
invariably white, or sometimes pale blue,
greyish, red or yellow.
This object exemplifies a long-standing tradition
of decorative patterns and colours in the Eastern
Mediterranean area that continued into the early
Islamic period. (LK)
- (LO.1391)
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