Flask / Glass
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1968.02.0063
- Object Name
- Flask
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Bottle that resembles a miniature amphora. The carved glass vial mimics the cut-relief work of rock crystal objects made in Egypt during the 10th and 11th C. Cut glass (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
- Earliest Date
- 900
- Latest Date
- 1099
- Verbatim Date
- 10th - 11th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Islamic Art from the University of Michigan Collections
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Soucek, Priscilla Parsons
- Gruber, Christiane
- Publication Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
- Islamic Art from the University of Michigan Collections
- Publication Author
- Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
- Soucek, P.
- Publication Year
- 2014
- 1978
- Class Title
- Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
- Class Instructor
- Gruber, Christiane
- Class Department
- HISTART
- Class Number
- 490.001
- Class Year
- 2020
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 1968.02.0063
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1968.02.0063/dscn3289.jpg
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"Flask; Glass". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1968.02.0063/dscn3289.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 04, 2023.