Cosmetic Flask

Marvered glass became very popular in Egypt and Syria during the Ayyubid and Mamluk period. It is easy to identify by its patterned decoration and colouration, which usually includes white or pale-coloured trails marvered into a dark matrix. The technique of marvering was practiced in antiquity and revived especially during the late 6th until the 8th century AH/ 12th until the 14th century CE.
This spear-shaped marvered cosmetic glass flask has an exceptional long neck with a trumpet-like opening. A white marvered trail was tooled into a dark matrix that turns into a festooned pattern and decorates its body and the lower part of its neck. These marvered glass containers were probably designed to hold a kohl stick.