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Object NameBottle

Made FromGlass

Date1100-1225

TechniqueBlown, applied

SizeOverall H: 21.2 cm, Diam (max): 9.8 cm

Accession Number55.1.108

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Place Made

possibly Iran

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass but with greenish yellow tinge, very bubbly and with some stones, translucent purple and opaque turquoise blue glass; blown, applied. Bottle: globular. Rim everted, with rounded lip; neck tall and slender, wider at bottom than at top, and with hollow bulge at top; wall curves out, down, and in; base has tubular foot ring made by folding, and conical kick; pontil mark roughly circular (D. about 1.2 cm). Applied decoration on rim, neck, and upper wall. On rim, turquoise lip wrap. On neck: (1) 4.4-5 cm below rim, two purple horizontal trails supporting turquoise continuous zigzag; (2) 6.4-8.4 cm below rim, two colorless opposed vertical loop handles, each supporting colorless ring (D. about 1.3 cm); handles have lower attachments on top of narrow turquoise trail wound twice around neck; (3) near bottom of neck, continuous purple trail tooled to form rigaree pattern. On wall: continuous horizontal zigzag composed of two purple sections alternating with two turquoise sections.
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