Base of Cylindrical Bottle

Object Name: 
Base of Cylindrical Bottle

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Object Name: 
Base of Cylindrical Bottle
Accession Number: 
81.1.699
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.3 cm, Base Diam: 2.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
perhaps 800-999
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Ray Winfield Smith
Primary Description: 
Transparent pale yellowish-green glass; blown, facet- and linear-cut. Probably a cylindrical bottle. Lower wall vertical, but curving in at bottom; base flat; pontil mark. Decorated with indeterminate motifs above continuous horizontal groove; between groove and bottom of wall, band of seven hollow oval facets, each with length greater than height.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Former Collection
Arab Museum, Former Collection
1954
Smith, Mrs. Ray Winfield, Source
1981-12-07
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Transparent pale yellowish-green
Technique: 
blown, facet- and linear-cut

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume One (2010) illustrated, p. 52, #68; BIB# 113723