bottle
Object NameSmall Bottle
Made FromGlass
Date800-999
Place Madeprobably Iran
Techniqueblown, cut
SizeOverall H: 8.1 cm, Diam (max): 4.7 cm
Accession Number63.1.19
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Small Wonders Exhibition
Glass from the Ancient World: So Diverse a Unity
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with greenish yellow tinge. Blown; cut. Bottle: biconical, with greatest diameter above midpoint. Rim ground flat; neck tapers; base flat; no pontil mark. Wheel-cut decoration: on neck, six flat vertical facets; on body, step-shaped molding at top, below which four equidistant stepped facets extend to bottom of wall. Each facet has, at center, downwardpointing tear-shaped boss with flat surface bisected by vertical cut; boss rests on larger tear-shaped boss, truncated at bottom, also with flat surface, which rests on third, larger truncated tear-shaped boss; above largest bosses, four arc-shaped cuts, which make continuous stepped facet.Provenance
Source
Mahboubian Galleries
- 1963-02-22
