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Cup Bearer Blazon, Mamluk period, 14th century; silk appliqué on linen; Museum of Islamic Art, Egypt


This thick linen fragment has an appliqué and is surrounded by a blue frame.

The blazon consists of three horizontal bands, with the upper one in red, the central one in light brown with a dark brown chalice or cup, and the lower one in dark brown. The cup is the blazon of the cupbearer.


Dimensions: Diameter 30 cm


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