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Flask

7th–8th century
Not on view
During Roman and early Islamic times a popular type of vessel was a single, double, or quadruple glass cosmetic tube intricately decorated with trailed glass threads. In the Islamic examples, these tubes or small bottles are carried on the backs of domestic animals, with the trailed threads meant to imitate wicker baskets or cages.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Flask
  • Date: 7th–8th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Syria
  • Medium: Glass; free blown, applied decoration, tooled on the blow-pipe
  • Dimensions: H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
    W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
    D. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
  • Object Number: 15.43.233
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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