Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
Egypt, Cairo, Fustat (excavated)
Accession Number: 
69.1.46
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.7 cm; Lip Diam: 3.6 cm; Body Diam: 11.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-999
Credit Line: 
Gift of the American Research Center in Egypt
Primary Description: 
Colorless; many bubbles. Blown. Bottle: mallet-shaped. Rim outsplayed, with rounded lip; neck cylindrical, wider at bottom than at top; shoulder curves out and down, merging with wall (Th. less than 0.1 cm), which tapers before curving in at bottom; base has low kick; pontil mark roughly circular (D. 1 cm).

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
American Research Center in Egypt, Source
1969
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown glass
Material: 
glass

Publications (3)

Islamic Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass Volume Two (2014) illustrated, p. 49, #668; BIB# 113723
Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period (2001) p. 35, type #13b; BIB# 75800
Glass of the Sultans (2001) illustrated, p. 18, fig. 3 (part of group); BIB# 68105