Goblet with Applied Decoration, 11th–early 12th century, Attributed to Iran, Colorless glass with greenish tinge; blown, applied decoration, H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), Glass, This dainty goblet with a flange, or projecting ridge, and a splayed foot would have been used for drinking wine. Representations of glasses of this shape appear on a lusterware bowl in which the drinker holds the goblet by the flange and a poetic inscription exhorts him to toil in the land of Merv to become joyous and “take ample wine and give brimful goblets
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Goblet, Applied Decoration, 11th–early 12th century, Attributed, Iran, Colorless glass, greenish tinge, blown, applied decoration, H, 4 1/2, 11.4 cm, Glass, dainty, goblet, flange, projecting ridge, splayed foot, drinking wine, Representations, glasses, shape, lusterware bowl, drinker holds, poetic inscription, exhorts, toil, land, Merv, joyous, take ample, wine, give brimful, goblets
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