Glass Bowl in Millefiori Technique, 9th century, Made in Probably Iraq, Glass, green, opaque yellow, and opaque red mosaic; fused, slumped, ground, and polished, applied foot, H. 2 in. (5.1 cm), Glass, The millefiori technique was rediscovered in the eighth or ninth century in Mesopotamia and was probably used in the production of objects for the ‘Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad or Samarra. A number of surviving bowls and tiles suggest that it was used both for domestic furnishings and interior decoration
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Glass Bowl, Millefiori Technique, 9th century, Iraq, Glass, green, opaque yellow, red mosaic, fused, slumped, ground, polished, applied foot, H, 2, 5.1 cm, millefiori, technique, rediscovered, eighth, ninth, Mesopotamia, production, objects, ‘Abbasid caliphs, Baghdad, Samarra, number, surviving bowls, tiles suggest, domestic furnishings, interior decoration
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