Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Accession Number: 
50.1.35
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.2 cm, Diam (max): 6.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
600-799
Primary Description: 
Almost colorless glass but with green tinge; blown, applied. Bottle: globular. Mouth flares, with rounded lip; neck short and cylindrical; shoulder curves out and down, and merges with wall, which curves down and in; base plain; pontil mark annular (D. 1.5 cm). Applied decoration consists of single register with upper border. Border is formed by single trail wound 1¼ times around bottom of shoulder and with nine oval impressions. Register contains four very similar motifs, each comprising applied pad with edges dragged outward to make six flat projections: two at top, one on each side, and two at bottom.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Former Collection
1950-10-01
Category: 
Sasanian
Islamic
Color: 
colorless
green
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 176, #914; BIB# 113723