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Glass Bottle

10th–11th century
Not on view
Other bottles of this type have been found that are equipped with lids of silver with niello inlay, suggesting they were used as rosewater sprinklers. The globular body and long narrow neck of this bottle are echoed in a number of silver examples from the eleventh century, dating this piece to the same period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass Bottle
  • Date: 10th–11th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Iran
  • Medium: Glass; free blown, tooled and cut
  • Dimensions: H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
    Diam. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.157.2
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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