Gilded Flask with Stopper

Object Name: 
Gilded Flask with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Gilded Flask with Stopper
Place Made: 
Europe (bottle)
India, Gujarat (decoration)
Accession Number: 
2002.1.1 D
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.1 cm, W: 6.4 cm, D: 6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1725-1750
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; mold-blown, gilded, enameled; gilded brass stopper. Rectangular shape flask with floral and figural decoration (two women talking on one side and one woman combing her hair with an assistant on the other side).

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Poulain le Fur, Source
Category: 
Asian
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blown glass
gilding
enameling
Material: 
glass
brass
gilding
enamel

Publications (2)

Nested Containers for Maritime Journeys: Tools of Aromatic Diplomacy Around the Late Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-Century Indian Ocean (2018) illustrated, p. 200; BIB# 718781
Art Ottoman et de l'Islam (2002) Lot 209; BIB# 74574

Objects in Set (6)

Gilded Flask with Stopper
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 A
Gilded Flask with Stopper
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 B
 
Gilded Flask with Stopper
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 C
Gilded Brass Funnel
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 E
 
Wooden Box
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 F
4 Flasks with Funnel in Wooden Box
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1