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Molar Flask

Object NameSmall Bottle

Made FromGlass

Date800-1099

Place Madepossibly Egypt; possibly Iran

Techniqueblown, facet-cut, slant-cut

SizeOverall H: 6.3 cm; Body W: 1.7 cm

Accession Number53.1.55

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless or almost colorless. Blown (probably mold-blown); facet- and slant-cut. Bottle. Rim plain, with flat top; neck roughly cylindrical, but wider at top than at bottom; body tall, with sloping shoulder, vertical walls, and square cross section; at bottom of wall, four very small feet, one below each side. Decorated on neck and body. On neck: five rather irregular contiguous vertical facets above one continuous horizontal groove. On wall: each side is decorated with raised panel, which runs from top to bottom and contains two tall, narrow slant-cut facets, one above the other, each of which has raised eye-shaped motif at center.
Provenance

Source Mrs. C. de la Haye Montbault - 1953-08-01

Former Collection Maurice Nahman (French, 1868-1948)