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| Keywords: Syrian - Beaker - Walters 4717 - View Z H.jpg This unique glass vessel reflects religious historical and cultural connections between Islam and Christianity The work dates from the Crusader period 1097-1291 when Islamic imagery including inscriptions in Arabic as here was often combined with Christian themes It includes compositions in which figures resembling saints alternate with two-storied domed structures that may represent monastic communities A smaller vessel in the Walters collection Walters 47 18 perhaps made to pair with this beaker depicts a figure riding a grey donkey -- possibly Christ entering Jerusalem ca 1260 Crusader glass with gilt and enamel cm 18 5 12 1 accession number 47 17 30576 G Dattari Cairo by 1912 Sale Hirsch-Sambon Paris 1912 lot nos 608 609 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York by 1925 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 Translation Glory to our lord the Sultan the royal the diligent the wise the defender the protector of frontiers the fortified by God the triumphant Renaissance of Islam Art of the Mamluks Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Washington; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York; Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati; The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit; Crocker Art Museum Sacramento; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford 1981-1983 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 Venice and The Islamic World 827-1797 Venise et l'Orient Institut du Monde Arabe Paris Cedex 05; The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2006-2007 place of origin Syria Walters Art Museum license Glass beakers drinking vessels Islamic glass in the Walters Art Museum Glassware from Syria Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
