Selçuklu Kartalı Cam

Anatolian Glass Art

The Ulu Burun Shipwreck provides evidence of the earliest glass trade to have occurred on the southern coast of Turkey. The glass bullion found in the cargo section of the ship gives us information both about the Late Bronze Age glass production centers and about the trade of unprocessed glass and its distribution to local workshops, which are quite far from the source of the production center. Likewise, some fragmentary texts found in Boğaköy give recipes for glass making. Although no glass artifacts produced by the Hittites have been recorded until now, these recipes show that the Hittites were interested in glass production.

The earliest glass artifact found in Anatolia is dated to the end of the 8th century BC. This artifact, which was found in the P Tumulus in Gordion, the capital of the Phrygian Kingdom in Central Anatolia, is a bowl (phiale mesomphalos) made of thin and colorless glass. This bowl, which is decorated with thirty-two flower petals opened from the center to the periphery, is the oldest example that has been decorated with the cutting method and has been preserved until today without breaking. In terms of form and decoration, it is exactly like the metal bowls found in modern Assyrian and Phoenician settlements. Therefore, this piece should be considered as an important piece in the Assyrian royal court, which was probably sent as a gift to a prince who lived in this region. There is strong evidence that glass was produced in Anatolia in the middle of the 6th century BC. These evidences were obtained from a small workshop in Sardis in a house complex dating to the Lydian Period. This workshop was probably destroyed during the capture of the city by the Achaemenid King Kyros the Great between 547-542 BC. In fact, it is quite plausible that the earliest traces of local glass production in Turkey were found in Sardis, since evidence of glass production in the Early Byzantine Period, towards the end of the Antiquity, was also found here.

Matrak Art Traditional patterns; It was hand-applied on antique glasses with the art of illumination and decoration and covered with bronze. Oven paint has been applied to the inside of the decorative glass. It strives to add new works to the collection, which is a first in its field.

Note: The products should be cleaned with a dry cloth and should not be placed in the dishwasher in terms of upper details.

Size: 10x10x13 cm.