bottle
Object NamePear-shaped Bottle
Made FromGlass
Dateperhaps 300-599
Place MadeSasanian Empire; possibly southern Caucasus; possibly Mesopotamia
TechniqueBlown, cut
SizeOverall H: 20.2 cm, Diam (max): 10.4 cm
Accession Number62.1.4
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Splendeur des Sassanides
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionBottle. Transparent pale yellowish brown, with few small bubbles. Blown and cut. Bottle: pear-shaped. Rim is horizontal flange with rounded lip; wall splays and then curves down and in; very narrow base consisting of hollow circular facet. Wall is completely covered with all-over pattern of 16 horizontal bands of contiguous hollow facets arranged as follows: (from top to bottom) two rows of tall, rather narrow oval facets; two rows of roughly oval facets, some of which have sections of straight edge and tend toward hexagons; ten rows of hexagons arranged in quincunx; one row of roughly circular facets, some of which have sections of straight edge and tend toward hexagons; one row of large circular facets. At center of base, small circular perforation.Provenance
Source
Mehdi Mahboubian
(Iranian, 1921-2005) - 1962
