Bottle

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Object Name: 
Bottle
Place Made: 
Egypt, Cairo, Fustat (excavated)
Accession Number: 
69.1.44
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.8 cm, Diam (max): 4.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
800-899
Credit Line: 
Gift of the American Research Center in Egypt
Primary Description: 
Bottle. Colorless; many small bubbles and one stone. Blown, hemispherical. Rim outsplayed, with irregular rounded lip; neck cylindrical; wall curves down and out, before curving in at bottom; base has pronounced kick; pontil mark circular (D. 0.6 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. 64, #703; BIB# 113723
Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period (2001) p. 40, type 15n; concordance p. 125; BIB# 75800
Glass of the Sultans (2001) illustrated, p. 18, fig. 3 (group); BIB# 68105