Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
Egypt, Cairo, Fustat (excavated)
Accession Number: 
67.1.36
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.3 cm, Shoulder Diam (max): 1.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-899
Credit Line: 
Gift of the American Research Center in Egypt
Primary Description: 
Bottle. Almost colorless, with greenish tinge. Blown. Roughly globular. Rim very irregular, with rounded lip; neck cylindrical, narrower at bottom than at top; shoulder slopes; wall descends almost vertically, but with convex profile; base plain and concave; no pontil mark.

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Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
American Research Center in Egypt, Source
1967
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
green
colorless
Technique: 
blown glass
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 68-69, #715; BIB# 113723
Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period (2001) p. 35, fig. 14a; BIB# 75800