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Footed Beaker
9th or 10th century AD
The Khalili Collections
The beaker is decorated with two running ibexes, their heads turned backwards and their horns joined at the tip. Around the base is a frieze of palmettes, some of them terminating in stylised birds' heads [see drawings]. Like the animals which appear on Fatimid rock crystals, their bodies are decorated with shallow-cut circles.
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Details
- Title: Footed Beaker
- Date Created: 9th or 10th century AD
- Location Created: Iran or Egypt
- Type: ARTIFACT
- Medium: yellowish-brown glass, mould blown and relief cut
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