Islamic Vase, Corning, New York

This image shows an elaborately enameled and engraved glass vase from the 14th Century.
The description states:
THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS
Corning Glass Center, Corning, New York
Open Tuesday through Sunday
Islamic vase of richly enameled and gilded glass, bearing an inscription with repeats the words: The Wise. It was probably made in Damascus or Aleppo about 1320-30.
Islamic glass is a technique reaching back more than a millennium. This image, though, likely dates from the 1950s.

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