IRAN, MID-9TH TO 10TH CENTURY

This goblet belongs to a group of relief-cut vessels with a raised horizontal border near the rim and a flange near the bottom of the wall, which enclose a continuous band of zoomorphic ornament accompanied by kufic inscriptions. For similar pieces see David Whitehouse, Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2010, Vol.I, pp.205-210. Another goblet with wheel-cut decoration of eagles and kufic inscriptions is in the Al-Sabah Collection (Stefano Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands, London, 2001, cat.21, pp.88-89).