Small Bottle

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Object Name: 
Small Bottle
Place Made: 
possibly Egypt
Near East
possibly Persia
Accession Number: 
53.1.99
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.4 cm; Base Diam: 2.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-1099 or later
Primary Description: 
Almost colorless, with yellowish green tinge. Blown; facet-cut. Bottle: body has hexagonal cross section. Rim plain, with top ground flat; neck cylindrical, wider at top than at bottom; shoulder flat; wall vertical; base plain; no pontil mark (but see below). Neck is decorated with six contiguous vertical facets, somewhat irregular, which extend from rim almost to junction with shoulder. Wall is cut in six contiguous vertical facets, which extend from top, where they are slightly rounded, to bottom.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Nahman, Maurice (French, 1868-1948), Former Collection
Montbault, Mrs. C. de la Haye, Source
1953-08-01
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Clear yellowish colorless
Technique: 
free blown and cut

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, pp. 60-61, #87; BIB# 113723