ABSTRACT
Islamic glass was famous in the regions of Iran and Mesopotamia for its lapidary facet cutting technique. This was created by grinding surface of a glass form with lapidary wheels to produce flat or concave patterns, such as honeycomb and quincunx patterns. The influence of Islamic glass on these two wares was their abstract geometric decorative style. In the region of Iran in the ninth and tenth centuries, it was popular to decorate clear glass with a relief pattern of ‘empty arches’, which look like architectural arches and are created by cutting away the background glass; sometimes, a second tier of arches was carved above the main one. Some of the unique qualities of this cameo glass huqqah base are also mysterious. Firstly, the translucent red with a slight dichroic effect was rare among the existing Qing dynasty Chinese glasses. Secondly, due to the thin layer of white glass as well as the carved pattern of the bats and clouds.
