bottle
Object NameBottle
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1100-1199
Place Madeprobably Iran
TechniqueMold-blown, Applied
SizeOverall H: 25.8 cm, Diam (max): 11.9 cm
Accession Number55.1.6
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Glass of the Sultans
On ViewAncient Gallery
Interpretive NotesThe Kufic inscription on the body reads: “Good fortune and abundant blessings to its owner.”
Bottle: roughly globular. Rim is irregular horizontal flange with rounded edge; neck is tall and narrow cylinder, slightly wider at bottom than at top; shoulder slopes and merges with wall, which curves down, out, and in; base has straight side, rounded at bottom, with concave underside, which has concentric groove (D. 4.3 cm); pontil mark (D. 2.1 cm). Applied decoration near bottom of neck consists of three trails making irregular openwork zigzag between two continuous horizontal ribs.
Mold-blown decoration consists of four continuous friezes separated by single horizontal ribs and with additional horizontal rib beneath lowest frieze (from top to bottom): (1) 12 contiguous downward-pointing tongue-shaped elements; (2) continuous vegetal scroll with nine elaborate leaves or flowers; (3) Kufic inscription, translated as "And to the owner happiness and blessing and joy"; and (4) continuous vegetal scroll.
Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-04-19
