Homepage Timeline Maps A-Z index Learning

Glass: Islamic Period: UC 22420

Glass animal, hippopotamus head, deep clear cobalt blue, broken away from hollow, yellowish white body, yellowish white eyes and ear. Probably from complete hippopotamus figure; ornament or perfume container. Perhaps produced in the region of Iran.

date 10th - 11th century

UC 22420

compare: Carboni 2001: 187


 

Copyright © 2003 University College London. All rights reserved.