An Islamic leaf-shaped mosaic glass dish, 9th...
An Islamic leaf-shaped mosaic glass dish, 9th to 10th century, formed from composite canes comprising a purple centre surrounded by a thick ring in opaque white and a thin brick-red circle and white rods in a purple matrix, on a pad base, 6.8cm long, 1.9cm high Note: For a pair of similar examples in the Khalili Collection, cf. S.M. Goldstein, Glass, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol. XV, London 2005, pp. 86-7, nos 84-5. The technique of creating composite mosaic or “millefi
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An Islamic leaf-shaped mosaic glass dish, 9th to 10th century, formed from composite canes comprising a purple centre surrounded by a thick ring in opaque white and a thin brick-red circle and white rods in a purple matrix, on a pad base, 6.8cm long, 1.9cm high Note: For a pair of similar examples in the Khalili Collection, cf. S.M. Goldstein, Glass, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Vol. XV, London 2005, pp. 86-7, nos 84-5. The technique of creating composite mosaic or “millefi
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