bottle
Object NameGlobular Bottle with Short Neck
Made FromGlass
Date700-999
Place MadePersia, Gorgan
Techniquefree-blown, cut, polished, ground
SizeOverall H: 7.7 cm, Diam (max): 9 cm
Accession Number50.1.36
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Les Tresors Fatimides du Caire
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless; blown, facet-cut. Bottle: globular. Rim plain, with flat top (but see below); neck short and cylindrical; shoulder slopes; wall curves down and in; base is small and flat; no trace of pontil mark (perhaps removed by grinding). Decoration consists of, on shoulder, continuous horizontal countersunk rib decorated with crosshatching; on all but lowest part of wall, four continuous rows of contiguous hollow oval facets (with heights greater than widths) arranged in quincunx; top three rows have 26 facets, and bottom row has 25 facets; at bottom of wall, shallow wheel-cut “steps,” and below this, one continuous horizontal band of seven crescentshaped cuts.Provenance
Former Collection
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903)
