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flask

Object NameFlask
Made FromGlass, Gilding
Date1700-1799
Place MadeIndia
TechniqueBlown, gilt
SizeOverall H: 21.9 cm, Diam: 11.3 cm
Accession Number75.6.13
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque turquoise-blue glass with gilt motifs; blown, with thin gilt decoration. Spherical body, drawn upward in a long cylindrical neck flaring to open mouth; gilt band at the mouth; isolated gilt trefoils over body surface; flattened and hollowed base; unpolished pontil mark; glass full of whitish bubbles from minute specks to large extended shapes.
Provenance
Source Saroopchand Backliwal - 1975-10-01
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