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A moulded glass piece depicting, in relief, two seated figures dressed in oriental style, one holding a cup and the other a bottle.
Persia, Seljuk period, 12th century.
Diameter: 12.5 cm – Thickness: 4 mm (
Restorations, minor damage and losses)
– Purchased from Ur-Nina Antiques in Beirut on 25 May 1990 (invoice).
– A.R. Collection
– Carboni and Whitehouse, *The Glass of the Sultans*, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2001, pp. 272–278
Printed glass medallions depicting figurative scenes have been known since excavations carried out in Uzbekistan in the late 1930s unearthed a collection of coloured glass medallions depicting animals and figures hunting or playing musical instruments. Such medallions are held at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, the Tareq Rajeb Museum in Kuwait and in the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait, the vast majority of them depicting human figures. It is generally believed that these medallions were used as decorative elements set into stained-glass windows.