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Early Islam Cupping Glass

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Early Islam Cupping Glass

 

A delicate glass cupping instrument from Afghanistan dating to the first centuries of the Islam Era around 10-12 AD. The glass cup shown in the last picture can be seen here It is on display in the Louvre and is on file as "Ventouse médicale. Verre soufflé, Iran premiers siècles de l'Islam". (Cupping glass. Blown glass, Iran, first centuries of the Islam era.)