Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
55.1.6
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 25.8 cm, Diam (max): 11.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1100-1199
Web Description: 
The Kufic inscription on the body reads: “Good fortune and abundant blessings to its owner.”
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1955-04-19
Category: 
Color: 
Material: 
Primary Description: 
Bottle. Translucent deep green; numerous bubbles. Body and foot blown in mold with two vertical sections; applied. Bottle: roughly globular. Rim is irregular horizontal flange with rounded edge; neck is tall and narrow cylinder, slightly wider at bottom than at top; shoulder slopes and merges with wall, which curves down, out, and in; base has straight side, rounded at bottom, with concave underside, which has concentric groove (D. 4.3 cm); pontil mark (D. 2.1 cm). Applied decoration near bottom of neck consists of three trails making irregular openwork zigzag between two continuous horizontal ribs. Mold-blown decoration consists of four continuous friezes separated by single horizontal ribs and with additional horizontal rib beneath lowest frieze (from top to bottom): (1) 12 contiguous downward-pointing tongue-shaped elements; (2) continuous vegetal scroll with nine elaborate leaves or flowers; (3) Kufic inscription, translated as "And to the owner happiness and blessing and joy"; and (4) continuous vegetal scroll.
Glass of the Sultans
Venue(s)
Benaki Museum
Corning Museum of Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15
 
Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 122-123, #822; BIB# 113723
Historia del Vidrio: desarrollo formal, technologico y cientifico (2012) illustrated, Fig. 59, p. 74; BIB# 139172
Melisende of Jerusalem: the world of a forgotten crusader queen (2011) illustrated, p. 106, plate xiii, fig. 4.11;
Plastik sanatlarda cam malzemenin uygulanisi (2003) illustrated, p. 21, fig. 2.10; BIB# 120381
Islamic Masterworks: 'Glass of the Sultans' at the Met (2001-11) illustrated, fig. 15; BIB# AI53342
Glass of the Sultans (2001) illustrated, p. 93, #19; BIB# 68105
Beauty of Glass (2000) illustrated, p. 112; BIB# 77736
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 95, #151; BIB# 58995
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 34, #22; BIB# 35679
Fran Mesopotamien till medeltid (1990-01) p. 46; BIB# AI25904
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 78-79, pl. 31; BIB# 33819
A Short History of Glass (1990 edition) (1990) illustrated, p. 42, #35; p. 44; BIB# 33211
Islamic Art in the United States: The Corning Museum of Glass (1985) p. 68, ill.;
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 41, #34; BIB# 21161
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) illustrated, pp. 236-237, #467; BIB# 27315