Europe / late 1800s
Ceremonial Spittoon or Basin
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Ceremonial Spittoon or Basin as glass (Europe · late 1800s).
The intense enamel colors form striking star and leaf patterns.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this glass as glass with enameled and gilded decoration.
The museum's collection notes: This basin, as with the mosque lamp CMA 1981.10 , is representative of reproductions of Mamluk glass that were prominent in the late 1800s in Europe during a period of resurgence of interest in Islamic art. At this time, collectors and artists revived the techniques of enameling and gilding that are hallmarks of Mamluk glass.
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