A FREE-BLOWN PURPLE AND WHITE MARVERED GLASS BOWL Possibly Egypt or Syria, 12th - 13th century Of compressed globular shape, resting on a flattened circular base with a mildly concave centre, rising to broad shoulders and a reinforced circular rim, the purple ground enhanced with a white spiraling pattern, 11cm diam. and 8.3cm high. For an almost identical example of an Islamic marvered glass bowl with a spiraling design, please see the collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (acc. no. EA1975.18).
A FREE-BLOWN PURPLE AND WHITE MARVERED GLASS BOWL Possibly Egypt or Syria, 12th - 13th century Of compressed globular shape, resting on a flattened circular base with a mildly concave centre, rising to broad shoulders and a reinforced circular rim, the purple ground enhanced with a white spiraling pattern, 11cm diam. and 8.3cm high. For an almost identical example of an Islamic marvered glass bowl with a spiraling design, please see the collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (acc. no. EA1975.18).
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