Molar flask / Glass
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1968.02.0013
- Object Name
- Molar flask
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Weight
- 1.82g
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Molar flask, molded, cut, drilled.
- Cf. Lamm Pl. 62 #7; Nishapur #188.
- Molar flask. The vessel's shape is thought to resemble a tooth. The four "feet" function as a tiny pedestal for this flask. Cut glass (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
- Verbatim Date
- possibly 9th - 10th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Gruber, Christiane
- Publication Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
- Publication Author
- Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 1968.02.0013
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1968.02.0013/dsc_3367.jpg
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"Molar flask; Glass". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1968.02.0013/dsc_3367.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2023.