bottle
Object NameSmall Bottle with Vegetal Ornament
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place MadeNear East; probably Egypt; possibly Persia
Techniqueblown, linear-cut, slant-cut
SizeOverall H: 6 cm, Diam (max): 3.5 cm
Accession Number53.1.51
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBottle with Vegetal Ornament. Almost colorless, but with yellow tint; few minute bubbles and impurities. Blown; linear- and slant-cut. Bottle: rim plain, with flat upper surface; neck cylindrical; body roughly globular; base diskoid, with splayed side; base plain, with ground and polished underside. Decorated on neck and wall. On neck: band of three linear-cut chevrons, which form one more or less continuous zigzag, bordered by pair of horizontal grooves at top and single groove at bottom; on wall: two similar slant-cut vegetal elements, each consisting of curving stem terminating in volutes at both ends, separated by two linear-cut Y-shaped motifs and bordered by pair of horizontal grooves at top and single groove at bottom.Provenance
Source
Mrs. C. de la Haye Montbault
- 1953-08-01
Former Collection
Maurice Nahman
(French, 1868-1948)
