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Object NameGlobular Bottle with Long Neck

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Techniqueblown, facet-cut

SizeOverall H: 19.4 cm; Body Diam: 13 cm

Accession Number59.1.478

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith

Glass from the Ancient World

Special Exhibition of Islamic Art

Islam and the Medieval West

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

From the world of Islam

Islamic art across the world

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg

Place Made

possibly Iran; possibly Iraq

Physical DescriptionTransparent greenish blue. Blown; facet-cut. Bottle: globular. Rim plain, with flat top; tall neck is almost cylindrical, but wider at bottom than at top; base flat. Decorated on neck, shoulder, wall, and base. Neck is cut in seven contiguous vertical facets, which extend from rim almost to bottom; shoulder has two shallow “steps”; wall is completely covered by six continuous horizontal rows of hollow circular facets, mostly arranged in quincunx; top four rows have 20 facets each, fifth row has 19 facets, and bottom row has 16 facets; junction of wall and base has one shallow “step,” and base has small countersunk boss at center.
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