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Glass: Islamic Period
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see too glass weights
stained (or 'luster-painted") glass
Silver or copper would be added to the colour to be painted onto the finished blown glass object. With different temperatures of firing different effects were achieved. Date: mainly 7th - 11th century.
UC 22665
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UC 22182
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UC 22183
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UC 22184
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UC 22666
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UC 22667
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glass with cut decoration
UC 22153
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UC 22154
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UC 22156
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UC 22160
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UC 22161
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UC 22200
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undecorated glass
UC 22133
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UC 67947
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UC 67945
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UC 67949
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UC 67951
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UC 67946
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glass with applied decoration
UC 67950
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UC 22122
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UC 22121
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UC 22422
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UC 22420
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UC 22006
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glass with mould-blown and impressed pattern
UC 22195
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UC 22031
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UC 22128
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UC 22233
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UC 22235
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UC 22646
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glass with marvered trails
UC 22253
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UC 22176
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UC 22179
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UC 22960
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UC 31152
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UC 22271
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Carboni 2001 (exemplary
catalogue of the al-Sabah Collection - Kuwait National Museum,
very useful, not least for its extensive illustrations)
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