Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
Persia, Gorgan (found in)
Accession Number: 
55.1.44
Dimensions: 
Shoulder H: 5.7 cm, Diam: 3.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
perhaps 1100-1299
Primary Description: 
Clear glass with bluish-green tint and many partly spike-like bubbles; heavy weathering, slight peacock iridescence; free blown, with applied decoration; conical body with pontil mark, slight indentations at shoulder (possibly formed by applying the decoration), slender neck slightly tapering downwards, handle applied to shoulder (and neck); amethyst steep wave-thread around body.

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Department: 
Ancient; Early Modern
Provenance: 
Mazda, Abbas, Source
1955-11-22
Color: 
Clear, bluish-green tint
Technique: 
free blown, with applied decoration