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Object NameQumqum (Perfume Sprinkler) with Heraldic Emblem

Made FromGlass, Enamel

Dateabout 1260-1277

TechniqueBlown, enameled, gilded

SizeOverall H: 6.2 cm, W: 4.8 cm, D: 2.9 cm

Accession Number69.1.2

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Animals in Glass

Islam and the Medieval West

Title Unknown (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Glass of the Sultans

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This bottle is decorated with the arms of Sultan Baybars of Egypt (r. 1260–1277).

Place Made

Syria, probably Aleppo

Physical DescriptionQumqum (Perfume Sprinkler) with Heraldic Emblem. Brownish, almost colorless glass with white, red, purple, yellow, and blue enamel; blown, enameled, gilded. Miniature omom; almost cylindrical neck spreads out into flat sided globular form; gilt collar on neck and rim; gilt and red enamel arabesque or "endless knot" below each shoulder; on one flat side within a gilt circle a white lion passant to the left with raised left paw and tail curved back on a red field and over a ground of alternating blue and yellow diagonal stripes; on the opposite side, within a gilt circle, a red or green lion passant to the left on a white field and over a ground of alternating red and yellow stripes; slightly kicked base; pontil mark.
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