Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
probably Egypt
possibly Syria
Accession Number: 
53.1.83
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.6 cm, Diam (max): 2.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
700-899 or later
Primary Description: 
Almost colorless glass, but with grayish green tinge; blown, applied. Bottle with body shaped like carrot. Rim slightly everted, with uneven rounded lip; neck cylindrical with hollow bulge near top and narrower at bottom than a top; shoulder slopes, with rounded edge; wall tapers; base consists of small, irregular mass of glass applied to bottom of vessel; pontil mark apparently covers bottom of mass (D. about 1 cm).

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Montbault, Mrs. C. de la Haye, Source
1953-08-01
Nahman, Maurice (French, 1868-1948), Former Collection
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
transparent greyish
Technique: 
free blown and tooled

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 60-61, #695; BIB# 113723