Small Bottle

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Object Name: 
Small Bottle
Accession Number: 
76.1.61
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.7 cm, Diam (max): 1.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
perhaps 800-1199
Credit Line: 
Gift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Primary Description: 
Transparent deep bluish green. Blown; facet and linear-cut. Bottle with cylindrical body. Rim plain, with top ground and polished; short, tapering neck; rounded shoulder; vertical wall, which tapers at bottom; and solid conical foot, with bottom ground and polished. Wheel-cut decoration on wall: four adjoining V-shaped facets (two upright and two inverted); each triangular area at open end of V has one horizontal cut.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Berkowitz, Carl, Source
1976-01-01
Content, Derek, Source
1976-01-01
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Former Collection
Category: 
Islamic
Color: 
Transparent deep bluish green
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Ground, Polished
cut glass
ground glass

Publications (1)

Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) p. 47, #282; BIB# 28196