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Ceremonial Spittoon or Basin
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCeremonial Spittoon or Basin, late 1800s. Europe. Glass with enameled and gilded decoration; diameter: 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.235
